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The Rosslyn Metro escalator. (Steven Cohen/Atlas Obscura)
Arlington, Virginia

Rosslyn Metro Escalator

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.
The carving of the horseman. (Gerhard Palnstorfer/Flickr)
Kaspichan, Bulgaria

Madara Rider

Rock carving created 1,300 years ago 75 feet off the ground.
Noletmolen. (Wikimedia Commons)
Schiedam, Netherlands

Noletmolen

Wind power station for making famous Ketel One vodka.
Westerholt E-66 Observation Wind Turbine. (Wolfgang Janssen)
Schweindorf, Germany

Westerholt E-66 Observation Wind Turbine

Giant wind turbine with observation deck at the very top.
Nike Laakdal Wind Park. (Panoramio)
Laakdal, Belgium

Nike Laakdal Wind Park

Six turbines towering over a wide road for passersby.
Ruins of the Observatory. (Wikimedia Commons)
Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

Pip Ivan Observatory

Remains of a station that only operated for one year.
Fuhrlander Wind Turbine Laasow. (Wikimedia Commons)
Vetschau, Germany

Fuhrlander Wind Turbine Laasow

Tallest - but not most powerful - wind turbine in the world.
African Village in America. (Wikimedia Commons)
Birmingham, Alabama

African Village in America

Joe Minter is only doing the work of God in his yard, he says.
Permanently Closed
Great West End & Railroad Square Handcar Regatta. (freiheit/Flickr)
Santa Rosa, California

Great West End Regatta

Hand-powered race of alternative forms of transportation.
Armschwinger
Wurmberg, Germany

Armschwinger

This unusual small wind turbine in Germany has only a single rotor blade.
Powerline Eberdingen-Riet.
Vaihingen an der Enz, Germany

Powerline Eberdingen-Riet

20kV overhead line with a garland-like cable.
At night, dwarfed by the Goldman Sachs building. (Wikimedia Commons)
Jersey City, New Jersey

The Colgate Clock

On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.
Norry étiquette. (R. Seuffert/Atlas Obscura)
Ratanak Mondul, Cambodia

Bamboo Trains

A quick and simple solution to Cambodia's train woes.
Lakenenland. (Creative Commons)
Marquette, Michigan

Lakenenland

Large one-man sculpture park in Michigan.
The sluice leading to the mill wheel leaks profusely, creating an ice cave underneath the scaffolding from around December to February. (Joel Simpson/Atlas Obscura)
Chester, New Jersey

Cooper's Mill

A historic grist mill and active sluice on the Black River.
Mito, Japan

Watari-Kashiwabara's Pylon 24

The only electricity pylon built over two lanes of traffic.
Ether Monument. (Wikimedia Commons)
Boston, Massachusetts

Ether Monument

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.
Saint Lawrence River HVDC Powerline Crossing. (Creative Commons)
Grondines, Québec

Saint Lawrence River HVDC Powerline Crossing

Extremely long cable tunnel buried under the river.