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Tainan City, Taiwan

Suehiro Shrine at Hayashi Department Store

On the roof of the oldest department store in Tainan stands a Shinto shrine dating to the 1930s.
Pune’s First Lift
Pune, India

Pune’s First Lift

The vintage, artistic cage of the city’s first lift welcomes visitors to an old heritage building.
Okuno Building Manual Elevator
Tokyo, Japan

Okuno Building Manual Elevator

This atmospheric pre-war building is home to one of the few manually operated elevators left in Tokyo.
Vienna, Austria

Rathaus Paternoster

A non-stop elevator ride in Vienna's city hall.
Asanor
İzmir, Turkey

Asansör

This elevator was built in 1907 to connect two neighborhoods separated by a steep, rocky cliff.
Behind some drywall emerged the building's long-forgotten original elevator.
architecture

Behind the Walls of a Sports Bar, Remnants of Florida's Early Years

How do you lose an entire elevator?
Luna Shyr October 13, 2020
Jardín, Colombia

Teleférico la Garrucha (Garrucha Cable Car)

Would you dare to dangle from a great height in a wooden basket?
Elevador Lacerda
Salvador, Brazil

Elevador Lacerda

This public elevator links the lower city to the upper city of Salvador.
Wall of barbed wire samples.
Bonner Springs, Kansas

Barbed Wire Collection

Hundreds of samples of "Devil's Rope" hide in a defunct vintage elevator.
Permanently Closed
New York, New York

Acuario Cafe

A garment factory hides a small Dominican eatery in the hallway to its freight elevator.
Los Angeles, California

Richfield Tower's Art Deco Doors

Though the original building has been demolished, these massive bronze doors were saved.
North Mill on the River Derwent.
Belper, England

Strutt's North Mill

This industrial gem was one of the earliest examples of a metal-framed building.
A Coruña, Spain

Elevador del Monte de San Pedro

This panoramic lift provides a futuristic ride up San Pedro Mountain.
Cabin in the Ascensore Castello d'Albertis-Montegall.etto
Genoa, Italy

Ascensore Castello d'Albertis-Montegalletto

This peculiar Italian elevator runs both horizontally and vertically.
A portrait of Cheryl Lashek, made by Alex Plante.
signs

Meet the Mechanical Engineer Whose Signature Is Instagram Famous in Manitoba

For the past decade, every elevator in the Canadian province has been graced by Cheryl Lashek's name.
Sarah Lawrynuik May 1, 2019
Rotterdam Historic Harbor.
Rotterdam, Netherlands

Rotterdam Historic Harbor

Old ships and machinery fill a historic harbor in the city that's home to Europe's largest port.
The lift.
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Paternoster Lift

This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.
HSB Paternoster lift.
Stockholm, Sweden

HSB Paternoster lift

Stockholm's last remaining paternoster elevator.