Charlestown, Indiana
Rose Island
Ruined pieces of stone and a swimming pool are all that remain of an amusement park swept away by a flood.
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Charlestown, Indiana
Ruined pieces of stone and a swimming pool are all that remain of an amusement park swept away by a flood.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.
Kastrup, Denmark
This ultra-modern wooden boardwalk turns the ocean into a swimming pool.
Ashibetsu, Japan
A semi-abandoned replica of Prince Edward Island's Avonlea—in Japan.
Lake Lure, North Carolina
Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.
Tupelo, Mississippi
This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.
Kawasaki, Japan
This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.
Cañon City, Colorado
The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.
New York, New York
During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.
Budapest, Hungary
Sitting beneath an unremarkable residential building is a museum devoted to classic Pinball.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.
Budapest, Hungary
This hidden art nouveau gem was designed by an architect in search of a national style.
Sydney, Australia
Ninety years of Sydney buses under one roof.
Sofia, Bulgaria
A striking symbol of the Bulgarian capital.
Rocky Hill, Connecticut
The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.
New York, New York
The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.
Savannah, Georgia
The "last unrestored grand mansion of Savannah" is now a cramped, mouldering maze of antiques.
Graz, Austria
Austria's ultra-modern art museum looks like Cthulhu's giant alien heart.
Canterbury, England
One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.
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.
Hartford, Connecticut
This stunning Connecticut mansion is actually just a one-room-deep hoax.
Berlin, Germany
A museum dedicated to a Cold War era sausage.
Nashville, Tennessee
At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.
Nashville, Tennessee
This award-winning men's bathroom was just too beautiful to not allow women to see.