Dams

This partially completed dam was simply abandoned after nearly destroying the city it was built to service.

The remains of the dam that unleashed a 15-foot wall of water on Denver.

This underground power plant looks more like a super-villian's lair than a public work.

The lost town of Neversink, sunk by New York City.

The highest waterfall in Italy is only "turned on" five times a year.

This Italian dam is covered in salt-hungry goats who manage to scale its almost vertical face.

This artful dam holds back a crater-made reservoir that can be seen from space.