Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

Millions of pieces of Venetian glass showcase the life of Christ.

This Kansas City studio was home to Walt Disney's first animation business.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

Once a popular hangout spot this huge mall was left to ruin after economic crash.

One of the few Cold War-era bases with many of its original structures still standing.

This steamer is known as "The ship that built Cleveland."

An abandoned munitions factory with a shot tower continues to wage war on the surrounding environment.

Once home to more than 50 displays of freshwater fish.

Dedicated to the three priests whose execution inspired author José Rizal.

The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.

Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.

Also known as the "Red Taj Mahal."

A giant bronze monument to Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il is one of the most sacred sites in North Korea.

A highly symbolic tower in honor of Supreme Leader Kim Il-sung's personal philosophy.

A crypt believed by many Congolese to be a center of black magic.

Also known as the Limete Tower, la Tour de l'Échangeur can be seen from almost everywhere in Kinshasa.

A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.

Twenty carved heads in Glasgow take a comical, modern twist to the medieval apotropaic, avenger of evil.

A medieval church built into an ancient cave.

The southernmost Anglican cathedral in the world has whale bones standing in its yard.

Nature's water park in the Wadi Bani Awf valley is full of pools flanked with cliffs and natural water slides.