Courtenay, British Columbia
Royston Shipwrecks
At least 14 twice-retired ships were sunk to make a lovely rusting breakwater in Comox Harbour.
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Courtenay, British Columbia
At least 14 twice-retired ships were sunk to make a lovely rusting breakwater in Comox Harbour.
Sparwood, British Columbia
Nestled near the mountains of western Canada resides this behemoth earth mover.
Sligo, Ireland
The remains of this deep, dark mine have left behind a haunting rocky warren of tunnels.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!
Gräfenhainichen, Germany
Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.
Völklingen, Germany
A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.
Duisburg, Germany
This former steel and coal plant is now a neon-lit industrial fantasia.
Ashley, Pennsylvania
This demolished goliath of American industry once loomed over the depressed town it once made thrive.
Sandwich, Massachusetts
This delicate museum is devoted to the art and industry that once supported Cape Cod's oldest town.
Laqiya, Israel
Traditional Bedouin crafting has become an official tourist site and successful industry for its female craftspeople.
London, England
A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.
Sheffield, England
One of the last remnants of the Bessemer process that revolutionized steel production during the industrial age.
Invergordon, Scotland
Where the sleeping monsters of Scotland's oil industry are left to rust.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
A rusted metal giant pays tribute to Birmingham’s industrial past.
Birmingham, England
England's foremost purveyor of funeral furniture hasn't changed a bit since the 1960s.
Elsecar, England
This jewel of an engine is one of Northern England's finest surviving legacies of the Industrial Revolution, even catching the eye of Henry Ford.
Budapest, Hungary
The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.
Chicago, Illinois
A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.
Warsaw, Poland
Warsaw's fantastically preserved gasworks...almost.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.
Seattle, Washington
A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.
Yavapai County, Arizona
Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.