Theaters

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.

This architectural stunner is one of the few surviving Egyptian Revival theaters in the U.S.

A small but hugely whimsical theater where marionettes play out the "The Battle of Stalingrad."

The ruins of a grand theater destroyed during the most powerful seismic catastrophe ever recorded.

With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

A remote island holds what claims to be Scotland's smallest cinema.

Gorgeous views of Italian mountains and valleys form the backdrop of this unique open-air theater.

The ceiling of this vintage movie palace is covered in fantastic Art Deco murals.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

A tower-like theater in the Swiss Alps built to withstand the high winds and avalanches of the mountain pass.

A small marionette collection located within the dark cellars of an 11th-century Austrian castle.

The spaceship-like theater, which is still in use, was one of the most popular exhibits at the 1964 New York World's Fair.