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Delmonico's Pompeii Columns

New York, New York

Delmonico's Pompeii Columns

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

The Wizard of Park Avenue

New York, New York

The Wizard of Park Avenue

A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.

Overlooking New York Harbor.

Brooklyn, New York

Green-Wood Cemetery

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

Fort Richmond ruins, Fort Wadsworth.

Staten Island, New York

Remains of Fort Wadsworth

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

C. O. Bigelow Apothecary

New York, New York

C. O. Bigelow Apothecary

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

Hess' Triangle

New York, New York

Hess Triangle

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

Jack Kerouac House (Orlando, Florida)

Orlando, Florida

Jack Kerouac House

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

Palm Beach's clock tower.

Palm Beach, Florida

Worth Avenue Clock Tower

This 25-foot tall clock tower commemorates the start of one of America's foremost shopping districts and the end of the historic Palm Beach Pier.

El Reloj, the 100-year-old cigar factory still owned and operated by the J.C. Newman cigar company

Tampa, Florida

J.C. Newman Cigar Factory

Tour the oldest family-owned cigar-rolling factory in the country—then learn how to roll your own.

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Permanently Closed

Cortez, Florida

The Sea Hagg

An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.

El Halconazo Memorial

Mexico City, Mexico

El Halconazo Memorial

An abstract sculpture memorializing a student massacre that took place in 1971.

The River Merchants

Singapore

'The River Merchants'

These bronze statues depict the early days of trading in Singapore.

Fremantle Submarine Periscope Memorial

Fremantle, Australia

Fremantle Submarine Periscope Memorial

The original attack periscope from a 1940s navy submarine towers high at this memorial site.

Concordia Monument

Belvedere, Sint Maarten

Concordia Monument

Where Saint-Martin ends and Sint Maarten begins (or vice versa).

Liechtenstein Postal Museum

Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein Postal Museum

Browse through a century of this principality's first popular export.

Dolley Madison House

Washington, D.C.

Cutts-Madison House

After James Madison's death, his wife and former First Lady Dolley Madison lived in this yellow building near the White House.

Pozo amargo

Toledo, Spain

Pozo Amargo (Bitter Well)

The water of this well in Toledo lost its sweetness after the death of a young love.

The Rainbow Crosswalk is paved with a familiar Art Deco pattern in colors chosen from Leonard Horowitz's palette.

Miami Beach, Florida

The Rainbow Crosswalk

This Ocean Drive crosswalk has been paved in rainbow colors to honor the LGBTQ+ community and the man who brought pastel to Miami Beach.

Edificio Celanese

Mexico City, Mexico

Edificio Celanese

This striking building appears to defy gravity, a tower balancing atop a much smaller cube.

Tata the Bus Driver

Belvedere, Sint Maarten

Tata the Bus Driver

A roundabout in the West Indies that pays tribute to a bus driver who brokered no-nonsense on the school route.

Statues lined up in Plaza de Oriente.

Madrid, Spain

Royal Palace of Madrid Statues

After the queen of Spain had a dream where these statues fell and crushed her, they were removed from the palace and given new homes around Madrid.

A high dynamic range (HDR) image of the building.
Permanently Closed

South Bay, Florida

Gatorland

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.

Swimming pigs.

Big Major Cay, Bahamas

Pig Beach

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

St. Augustine Lighthouse

St. Augustine, Florida

St. Augustine Lighthouse and Maritime Museum

One of the oldest, tallest, and most haunted lighthouses in America.

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