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Clayton, Georgia
Ice Box Cemetery
An abandoned bait shop with a front lot filled with storage boxes.
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Arlandastad, Sweden
Flygbussarna
Sculpture of a bus made from wrecked passenger cars.
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Niagara Falls, New York
Niagara Science Museum
Collection of antique science instruments displayed in recreated 1870-1930 laboratories.
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Parrsboro, Nova Scotia
Parrsboro Rock and Mineral Shop Museum
Home of the world's smallest dinosaur footprints.
Washington, D.C.
Hecht Company Warehouse
Art deco landmark on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.
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Lindsay, Ontario
Youngtown Rock and Roll Museum
Named in tribute to Canadian singer and songwriter Neil Young.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Harry's Occult Shop
Century-old shop, specializing in Occult products.
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Madison, Wisconsin
Dead Pals of Sam Sanfillippo
Amateur taxidermy museum known for its large collection of white squirrels.
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Summerland Key, Florida
Sugarloaf Key Bat Tower
Bat house that has only ever housed bat for one night; they all flew away and never came back.
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Mount Vernon, Ohio
Knox County Poorhouse
Abandoned former poorhouse, bible college, and haunted house in an Ohio hamlet.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Hanging Garden
A suspended garden, now gone, once hung in the middle of this abandoned church.
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Harvey, Illinois
Dixie Square Mall
Urban explorers embraced America's now demolished first suburban mall, south of Chicago.
Lead Hill, Arkansas
Ozark Medieval Fortress
Twenty-year effort to raise a castle using tools and techniques from the 13th century is now abandoned in the Arkansas woods.
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Paris, France
Museum of Eroticism
Inside a former cabaret, seven floors of erotic art.
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Growing Power
Complex aquaponics systems allow fish and plants to grow in harmony.
Newcastle, Northern Ireland
Skate 56 in The Belfry
Northern Ireland's church-turned-skate park.
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Los Angeles, California
Skeletons in the Closet
Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.
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Montague, Massachusetts
Black Jungle Terrarium Supply
Small shop offering mail-order rare and exotic plants.
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