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The Living Museum
40.7373, -73.7325
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51.9046, -8.2590
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38.9004, -76.9865
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50.6093, 5.6040
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Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District, Russia
Dudinka CHAYKA-Mast
Unused mast taller than every structure in the EU.
69.3626, 86.6974
Valencia, Spain
El Carme Street Art
Vibrant street art created with mixed media.
39.4745, -0.3710
Appin, Scotland
Ecopod
Geodesic dome luxury retreat in the Scottish Highlands.
56.5721, -5.3789
San Francisco, California
Loved to Death
This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.
37.7695, -122.4502
GildeskĂ¥l, Norway
Noviken VLF Transmitter
Large military radio station without transmitting towers.
66.9810, 13.8659
Essex, Illinois
Jack Barker's Metal Art Sculpture Garden
Moving, mind-blowing metal sculpture work of an outsider artist.
41.1811, -88.1859
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Girard Wing
A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.
35.6638, -105.9264
Rosamond, California
The Cat House
Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.
34.8740, -118.2370
Santa Maria, California
Betteravia Sugar Plant
Factory that once supported an entire company town of 350.
34.9181, -120.5169
Kittery, Maine
Smuttynose Island
Scene of the grisly murder of two Norwegian women in 1873.
42.9824, -70.6061
Wolmirstedt, Germany
Wolmirstedt Converter Hall
Where the interconnection of German power grids should be.
52.2726, 11.6362
Glastonbury, England
Glastonbury
Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.
51.1508, -2.7263
Richmond, California
Richmond Shipyards
Where a staggering 747 ships were constructed during World War II.
37.9058, -122.3652
San Francisco, California
Hunter's Point Shipyard
Radioactivity still cause for concern at this urban explorer's paradise.
37.7208, -122.3671
Ventura, California
Ventura Oil Refinery
Rusty industrial city full of oxidized distillation towers.
34.3322, -119.2947
Miami, Florida
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.
25.7466, -80.2114
Fort Myers, Florida
Edison & Ford Winter Estates
One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.
26.6347, -81.8806
Pikeville, Tennessee
Fall Creek Falls State Park
Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.
35.6565, -85.3500
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