Bridges span and link some of the most spectacular places in the world. Many of them are considered engineering marvels and have withstood the elements for decades. And then there are a number of bridges that have succumbed to Mother Nature after sustaining damage from flooding and weather or abandoned after financial difficulties by builders. In his reports from abandoned cities such as Chernobyl, Ukraine and Varosha, Cyprus for his best-selling book "The World Without Us," Alan Weisman wrote that...

Scattered across prairielands, hidden in forests or left to rot in the middle of cities, America is full of ghost towns and abandoned buildings. Some might find these sites creepy, but from mining towns to abandoned farmsteads to forgotten roadside stops, these places stand frozen in time, a reminder of America's past. (MORE: Modern Ruins of Abandoned Detroit) During the Gold Rush, mining towns sprung up quickly wherever gold and silver were discovered, likeNevada’s town of Rhyolite and St. Elmo...

A view of the entrance to an Ice Church of the Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden. The 2014-15 season marks the hotel's 25th anniversary. (Icehotel/Christopher Hauser) Now in its 25th year, Sweden’s Icehotel has opened its doors in the town of Jukkasjarvi, just north of the Arctic Circle. The hotel, which is considered the ''original'' icehotel, opened in December 2014 and will remain open through mid-April 2015, after which it will be abandoned and left to melt. (MORE: 50 Places to...

It doesn't take long for nature and the elements to overtake the cities and towns humans have built. In an interview withLiving on Earth, AlanWeisman, the author of the bestselling nonfiction bookThe World Without Us, described what would happen if humans no longer existed. In a house without people, "suddenly no one is there in fighting off mold, keeping the insects out, keeping the mice out, keeping the woodpeckers out, keeping the water out,"Weismansaid. In ghost towns around the world,...

Photographer Seph Lawless captures images of the abandoned Bushkill Park near Easton, Pennsylvania. The amusement park was closed in 2007 due to flood damage. (Seph Lawless) Near Easton, Pennsylvania, an abandoned, decaying amusement park symbolizes the impact of the forces of nature. Bushkill Park has been in operation for more than 100 years, opening in 1902. But the small park, famous for its antique rides such as bumper cars, "The Whip," "The Haunted Pretzel," and "The Bar'l of Fun,"closed down...

Rain didn't stop hundreds of corgis from gathering at Huntington Dog Beach in California for the SoCal Corgi Beach Day on Saturday, April 9, 2016. (Instagram/meekothecorgi) Rain didn't stop more than 600 corgis, many in adorable costumes, from making a splash at the fifth annual So Cal Corgi Beach Day in Huntington Dog Beach in California last Saturday, April 9. The event, which drew corgi owners and lovers from around the world, is held by So Cal Corgi Nation, which...

Photographer captures loneliness of abandoned amusement park. ...

Ever want to swim in the crater of a volcano? Traveling to the Samoan island of Upolu will give you that very opportunity. ...

A view of the Jing An temple in Shanghai in 1959 and 2016. The temple was completely rebuilt between those years. (Dheera Venkatraman) Photographer Dheera Venkatraman, 31, travels every year, but rather than book ‘touristy’ trips, he tries to find a “new” way to explore the world. “When I travel, I see what others have done, and then do something new, instead of repeating the same trip that millions of people have already done,” he told weather.com. (MORE: Roads Less...

A photographer captured stunning images of the volcanic ghost town of Montserrat. ...

A flight-tracking company tracked 164,209 flights around the globe on April 1 and condensed it into one minute. ...

If those vexing airport security lines had you sprinting through crowded terminals only to arrive at an empty gate, you’re definitely not alone, but you also might experience that frustration again. Across the country, the lines at Transportation Security Administration checkpoints are getting longer and longer and, unfortunately, they show no sign of shrinking. During the most popular days of spring break almost 6,800 American Airlines fliers were left grounded after long TSA lines kept them from reaching their planes...

In the United States, there’s the strange tradition of asking a groundhog to judge whether or not we’ll see spring weather soon, but in Zürich, Switzerland they have another way of determining when winter weather will subside. A way that includes fire, a snowman and dynamite. Known as the Böögg, the 11-foot-tall snowman is created every year and stuffed with straw, cotton and explosives and placed in the town square to be swallowed by fire. Legend has that the sooner...