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Liverpool, England
'Penelope' Sculpture
This whimsical public art installation is a unique homage to Liverpool's industrial heritage.
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The Restaurant Putting India's Disappearing Tribal Cuisine Back on the Menu
In a Ranchi kitchen, local women fight to save indigenous food, one bowl of fish curry at a time.
Meridian, Mississippi
Soulé Steam Feed Works
The last intact steam engine factory in the United States.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Inventionland
A unique workspace where offices reside on pirate ships and inside gingerbread houses.
Oxford, England
Eagle Ironworks
A little piece of Oxford's overlooked industrial heritage.
Athens, Greece
Poulopoulos Hat Factory
This graffitied 19th-century building was a prototype of European industrial architecture.
Fakenham, England
Fakenham Museum of Gas and Local History
The last gas works in England and Wales details how people once extracted the resource from coal.
Chilmark, Massachusetts
The Brickyard
A red brick monolith is all that remains of New England’s first commercial brickyard.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Portobello Bottle Kilns
The last remaining bottle-shaped kilns in Scotland stand alone in an Edinburgh suburb.
Endicott, New York
Endicott History and Heritage Center
A collection of artifacts from two worldwide industries that called Endicott, NY home.
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Biologists Relocated 30,000 Animals to Make Room for a Natural Gas Plant
It took seven years to evacuate all the goannas, echidnas, and venomous snakes.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Samson and Goliath
These engineering masterpieces are a dominant feature of the Belfast skyline.
Ussana, Italy
Abandoned Ussana Brick Factory
An eerie gravel road full of shards of red bricks leads to the ruins of a deserted factory.
Wortley, England
Wortley Top Forge
This industrial museum is based on one of the oldest standing iron forges in the U.K.
Toronto, Ontario
Redpath Sugar Refinery Museum
In the back of a bustling factory lurks a quiet museum honoring the history of Canadian sugar manufacturing.
Consett, England
'Terris Novalis'
These giant sculptures are supported by a bizarre menagerie of feet.
Prestonpans, Scotland
Prestongrange Industrial Heritage Museum
Journey through one of the oldest industrial sites in Scotland.
CopiapĂ³, Chile
The CopiapĂ³
South America's oldest surviving locomotive.
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