The Yukon - Dawson and the Northern Yukon

Permafrost underlies the town of Dawson, and when the heat of a building melts it, the building slowly collapses. The city government was about to tear this structure down when they realized it was the most-photographed building in town. Now interior cables keep it in this state of perpetual collapse and a pump removes summer meltwater from underneath.

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