Mountain View, California
Hangar One
One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.
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Mountain View, California
One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.
New York, New York
Visit the site of a subway powered by nothing more than air--and lots of it.
Washington, D.C.
A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.
Pompeii, Italy
The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.
Big Pine Key, Florida
Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.
Key West, Florida
"We Seceded Where Others Failed."
Key West, Florida
The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Key West, Florida
An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.
Munich, Germany
A subterranean display of public art and architecture.
Los Angeles, California
This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.
Washington, D.C.
The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.
Dresden, Germany
This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.
Altoona, Pennsylvania
This dramatic rail curve was once the target of a failed Nazi attack.
Key West, Florida
The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.
Bemidji, Minnesota
These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.
McMinnville, Oregon
The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.
Denver, Colorado
A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.
Mexico City, Mexico
This crumbling Art Deco movie palace in Mexico City has been abandoned for two decades.
Hyde Park, New York
"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."
Weehawken, New Jersey
The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head after a deadly duel can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.
Vancouver, British Columbia
What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.
New York, New York
A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.