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In the cellar

Ciboure, France

Egiategia

A winemaker pioneering submarine fermentation.

Immaculate Conception, Corner of Pjazza Savina

Victoria, Malta

The Street Shrines of Victoria

More than fifty centuries-old religious shrines hide in the walls and above the doorways of Gozo’s capital, and most visitors walk straight past them.

Birdseye view of the National Capital
Permanently Closed

Washington, D.C.

Babcock Lake Fisheries

The U.S. Fish Commission’s effort to mass produce carp.

The shape has been compared to that of a milk bottle.

Middletown, Maryland

The (First) Washington Monument

Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.

Alternate view of the pyramidion

Washington, D.C.

Washington Monument Lightning Rod

The monument's pointy aluminum tip has been melted down by repeated lightning strikes.

Washington Monument Access Hatch

Washington, D.C.

Washington Monument Access Hatch

Daredevil repair workers can worm their way out the access hatch, loop ropes over the apex and rappel down the monument.

You'll never unsee it now.

Washington, D.C.

Washington Monument Marble Stripe

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

The limestone landscape.

Borgholm N, Sweden

Neptuni Åkrar

An otherworldly, fossil-rich cobble beach holds Viking graves, cairns, and other remains.

The serving window during opening hours

London, England

Leadenhall Wunderkammer

Tucked away amongst Leadenhall Market’s cobbled passageways is a whimsical little (literally) attraction.

Phu Loc Champa Temple

An Nhon Bac, Vietnam

Phu Loc Champa Temple

Perched atop a lonely 76-meter hill overlooking the plains, this 12th-century Cham sanctuary was historically dubbed the Golden Tower by French scholars due to the warm, glowing hue of its ancient bricks.

Giant Squid Museum

Luarca, Spain

Giant Squid Museum

This museum, which had to relocate in 2014 after being devastated by a storm at sea, houses the best collection of cephalopods in Asturias.

Abandoned Bugatti Factory

Campogalliano, Italy

Abandoned Bugatti Factory

Once built to revive one of the world's most legendary car brands, this futuristic factory in Italy now stands abandoned as a striking monument to Bugatti's short-lived 1990s comeback.

Klatovy Catacombs

Klatovy, Czechia

Klatovy Catacomb Mummies

These 17th-century mummies are no longer naturally preserved, but remain on display today.

"Ecce mors" ("Behold death") in bones

Melnik, Czechia

Melník Chapel of Bones

Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.

Fontanelle Cemetery Caves.
Permanently Closed

Naples, Italy

Fontanelle Cemetery Caves

Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.

Museo Casa del Mendrugo

Puebla, Mexico

Museo Casa del Mendrugo

Home to an astounding collection of carved skulls and other artifacts from Puebla's history

Pavilion of Hungary.

Seville, Spain

Expo '92 Grounds

An eerie collection of the surviving structures from a past celebration of the future.

Pavillon de l'Esprit Nouveau

Bologna, Italy

Pavillon de l'Esprit Nouveau

A masterpiece of modern architecture that caused quite a stir in Paris, recreated in Bologna half a century later.

The flight cage.

St. Louis, Missouri

1904 World's Fair Flight Cage

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

Detail of the Texaco map terrazzo mosaic tile floor of the New York State Pavilion (Tent of Tomorrow), 2009

Queens, New York

Flushing Meadows-Corona Park

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

Palace of Fine Arts

San Francisco, California

Palace of Fine Arts

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Denny's Windmill

Arcadia, California

Denny's Windmill

A relic from a forgotten bakery chain still spins atop a diner.

The entrance of the eerie prison camp.

Willebroek, Belgium

Fort Breendonk

Walk through a well-preserved World War II Nazi prison and transit camp.

Carlisle Cathedral policeman grotesque

Carlisle, England

The Policeman Grotesque

A stone copper was sculpted on the wall of the Carlisle Cathedral to honor a local hero.

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