Brussels, Belgium
Zinneke Pis
Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.
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Brussels, Belgium
Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.
Liège, Belgium
This abandoned Belgian fortress is purposefully being left to nature.
Beveren, Belgium
This ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.
St. Louis, Missouri
A plaque on the side of a parking garage marks the burial place of a great Ottawa chief.
Fairmont City, Illinois
Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.
Collinsville, Illinois
Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.
Collinsville, Illinois
Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.
Joplin, Missouri
A mysterious light of unknown origin on the backroads of Missouri.
Galena, Kansas
This statue is an ode to an iconic roadside advertisement popularized during the 1970s.
Carthage, Missouri
An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.
Carthage, Missouri
This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.
Carthage, Missouri
When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.
Ottawa, Kansas
The oldest purpose-built cinema still in operation also houses a museum of movie memorabilia.
Prairie Village, Kansas
A tiny racehorse graveyard in the middle of a quiet Kansas City suburb.
Kansas City, Kansas
This Italianate Villa-style castle is pretty to look at, just keep off the private property.
Kansas City, Kansas
This sacred space and gathering spot for the Wyandot Nation has been the surrounded by controversy and confusion.
Eureka, Missouri
This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.
Gallatin, Missouri
A Mormon place of exile in Missouri.
Plattsburg, Missouri
The man who was president for only one day and spent most of it asleep.
Kearney, Missouri
One of America's first planned communities is preserved in a state park.
Excelsior Springs, Missouri
This art deco masterpiece was once a miracle spring mecca but is now simply a government office building.
Chesterfield, Missouri
A sculpture of a giant man escaping from the depths of the Earth.
Chesterfield, Missouri
After miraculously surviving a giant flood, the 19th-century nut tree and its offspring are protected with their own tiny park.
St. Charles, Missouri
Entombed in this strange, white stone hill are the deadly remains of radioactive weapons production.