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Riga Ghetto and Latvian Holocaust Museum
56.9417, 24.1183
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House of Egyptian Architecture
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40.3909, -3.7314
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Kronberg im Taunus, Germany
Braun Collection
A comprehensive visual archive of Braun products. A German national treasure of modern design.
Itinerary
Hidden Architectural Wonders of Wisconsin
These seven stops across Wisconsin prove that the Midwest’s strangest buildings are hiding in plain sight.
Bradford, England
Bradford Industrial Museum
A remarkable collection of the machines which this industrial city was dependent upon for both commerce and domestic life.
Pahrump, Nevada
Wheeler Kilns
Collapsed charcoal kilns in the Spring Mountains of southern Nevada.
Logan, Ohio
World’s Largest Washboard
A towering tribute to old-fashioned laundry days, this giant washboard monument turns a simple chore into a playful spectacle!
Maina, Guam
Slowalk Coffee Roasters
Massive industrial-chic coffee shop housed in former 1970s-era Bank of Guam building.
Ruda Śląska, Poland
The Blast Furnace of Huta Pokój
A towering relic of Upper Silesia’s industrial past, the blast furnace of Huta Pokój stands as a monumental reminder of the region’s former role as one of Central Europe’s most important iron and steel production centers.
Woodstock, Georgia
Olde Rope Mill Ruins
A 19th-century mill complex once powered by three waterways still leaves visible traces in the woods.
Snow Hill, Maryland
Furnace Town
A living history village recreates a vanished 19th century community.
Alaior, Spain
Santa Ponsa Quarry
Abandoned limestone quarry from the 19th century, now a man-made canyon reclaimed by nature.
Treuenbrietzen, Germany
Former Sebaldushof Factory
A preserved Nazi munitions factory hidden in the forest, now a quiet memorial to those who once labored and suffered there.
Gothenburg, Sweden
Göteborgs Remfabrik - Textile Heritage Centre
The best-preserved weaving mill from the early 20th century in all of Scandinavia
Glovertown South, Newfoundland and Labrador
Terra Nova Sulphite Company Pulp Mill
The towering ruins of a mill that never produced a single sheet of paper.
Huancavelica Province, Peru
Santa Barbara Mine Ruins
Once the largest source of mercury in the Americas, these ruins earned the name “Mine of Death.”
Lohja, Finland
Tytyri Mine
Descend 100 meters underground to explore Finland’s mining history.
North Canaan, Connecticut
Beckley Iron Furnace
The last surviving 19th-century blast furnace in Connecticut.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Westergasfabriek
One of Amsterdam’s most popular cultural and recreational complexes is on the site of a former gas works.
Kiel, Germany
Kiel’s Old Waste Incineration Plant
Graffiti-clad ruins of an abandoned 1980s industrial site with a toxic past are nestled among residential houses.
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