St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
Fort Proctor
This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.
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St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.
St. Augustine, Florida
St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.
New York, New York
Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.
North Miami Beach, Florida
St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.
Opa-locka, Florida
America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.
Nichinan-shi, Japan
These seven moai figures are the world's only sanctioned replicas of the Easter Island originals.
Miyoshi, Japan
A statue erected on an infamous cliff where young boys would hold dangerous "pee offs" to prove their mettle.
Kawasaki, Japan
The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.
Ise, Japan
This pair of small sea rocks has been "wed" using rope and ancient Shinto tradition.
Hokkaidō, Japan
This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.
Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville's highways rendered this century-old grammar school unusable.
Istanbul, Turkey
Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet, your wish will be granted.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's tiniest statue is of a small boy looking at the Moon.
Bay Village, Ohio
The overgrown remains of an old rail bridge rise above the valley like ancient Greek ruins.
Euclid, Ohio
This abandoned bridge to nowhere stands secluded in the woods of a Cleveland suburb.
New York, New York
The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.
Cashiers, North Carolina
This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.
Prague, Czechia
This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.
Marfa, Texas
This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.
San Antonio, Texas
The wood bears a hidden love note carved by a young Johnny Cash.
Las Vegas, Nevada
These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.
Dunbar, Scotland
At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.
Agoura Hills, California
A strange mishmash of ruins and abandoned structures hint at the park's many lives.
San Diego, California
The freeway that never was.