North Korea's tallest building is an abandoned hotel that has never hosted a single guest. Take a look at the 'Hotel of Doom.'

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A traffic policeman stands in front of the Ryugyong Hotel in 2019.
A traffic policeman is dwarfed by the 105-story Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. Construction of the pyramid-shaped hotel, the capital city's most conspicuous landmark, began in 1987 but the work has not been completed and it has never hosted any guests.

I used to explore abandoned places as a kid. When I started exploring them again as an adult, I made a career out of it.

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The author has explored abandoned places since he was a kid.

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See inside the McNeal Mansion, an abandoned 10,000-square-foot home from the 1800s that nature is reclaiming

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The McNeal Mansion is somehow still standing after decades of neglect.

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An abandoned 19th-century farmhouse in New York has remained untouched for 5 decades — take a look inside

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Photos left behind.

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See inside the eerie, abandoned Air Force base that spawned conspiracy theories and inspired 'Stranger Things'

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Outside the radar tower.

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Here's what happens to cruise ships when they die

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A decommissioned cruise liner called the Duke of Lancaste is pictured near Mostyn Docks in North Wales on March 27, 2013.

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