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Andreas Rekdal

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San Francisco's Standard station.

San Francisco, California

The Last Standard Oil Company Gas Station in California

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

Dunkle's Gulf Service.

Bedford, Pennsylvania

Dunkle's Gulf Service

This Art Deco service station has been providing tune-ups and turning heads for close to a century.

Good Luck Gas Station

Dallas, Texas

Good Luck Gas Station

One of the last Art Deco gas station still standing in Dallas.

Site of our 19th President's home and our 1st Presidential gas station

Delaware, Ohio

The Rutherford B. Hayes Birthplace Gas Station

A gas station has taken the place of the home of the 19th American President.

View of the Watergate Exxon in 2016

Washington, D.C.

Watergate Gas Station

This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.

The station at night.

Beverly Hills, California

Union 76 Gas Station

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

Hollow Mountain

Hanksville, Utah

Hollow Mountain

At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.

The Frank Lloyd Wright gas station today

Cloquet, Minnesota

Frank Lloyd Wright Gas Station

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

Helios House

Los Angeles, California

Helios House

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

Spook-A-Rama

Brooklyn, New York

Spook-A-Rama

Coney Island’s last surviving haunted ride.

Gardiner’s Island Manor House

East Hampton, New York

Gardiners Island

This private island is still in the family after a 400-year history including a witch hunt, a pirate, and multiple wars.

Gombe boat on Lake Tanganyika.

Kasekera, Tanzania

Gombe National Park

Only reachable by boat, a small Tanzanian national park is home to the chimpanzees that Jane Goodall spent her career studying.

French Toilets of Spikersuppa

Oslo, Norway

French Toilets of Spikersuppa

A celebration of Norwegian independence, or public art gone wrong?

Chapelle Des Miracles

Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, France

Chapelle Des Miracles

A historic chapel and a water fountain linked to 60 miracles.

Venetian Pool

Coral Gables, Florida

Venetian Pool

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

The Center of the Universe, Tulsa OK.

Tulsa, Oklahoma

The Center of the Universe

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.

The 'Ghostbusters' Firehouse

New York, New York

The 'Ghostbusters' Firehouse

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Whirligig Cyclist

Wilson, North Carolina

Whirligig Park (Formerly Acid Park)

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

The Golden Rondelle.

Racine, Wisconsin

The Golden Rondelle

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

Oakley Diner

Oakley, Utah

Oakley Diner

What's a diner from the 1939 World's Fair doing in a remote Utah mountain town?

The Goblin Colony

Ponderosa, New Mexico

The Goblin Colony

On the edge of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, these rock formations create an eerie landscape.

Near the entrance to Tusher Tunnel, Moab Area, UT

Moab, Utah

Tusher Tunnel

A crack flared at the base provides a pathway completely through a sandstone ridge near Moab.

Yo quiero Taco Bell.

San Diego, California

Miniature Taco Bell

Admire a Lilliputian replica of the fast food outlet.

Hidden River Cave

Horse Cave, Kentucky

Hidden River Cave

Once one of the most polluted caves in America, now an environmental success story and a museum dedicated to caves.

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