Twisp, Washington
Alder Mine
Gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc were once extracted at this abandoned mine near Lookout Mountain.
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Twisp, Washington
Gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc were once extracted at this abandoned mine near Lookout Mountain.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A poignant museum dedicated to the history of the Dutch resistance against Nazi occupation
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
A memorial dedicated to those who lost their lives working in what is now a massive tourist attraction.
Trapani, Italy
The former atelier of Mario Cassisa is a treasure trove of paintings, sculptures, and artist books.
Melbourne, Australia
This giant, granite purse is one of Melbourne's most unique and distinctive pieces of public art.
Tokyo, Japan
A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
This iconic Lancaster everyman has been reading the same story since 1980.
Ostend, Belgium
A piece of the front end of a British cruiser that was used as a block ship in World War I.
Hunter, New York
This stave church nestled in the Catskills was built in the 1960s by a community of Ukrainian immigrants and refugees.
Radovljica, Slovenia
This Slovenian museum houses the country's largest collection of painted beehive panels.
Munich, Germany
A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.
Cologne, Germany
A poignant mural honors the heroic teenage non-conformists who took on the Nazis and paid the ultimate price.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This city block-long devotional site, a replica of a famous site in France, is dedicated to the patron saint of grandmothers, mothers, and educators.
Šibenik, Croatia
This unique structure allowed boats to bypass underwater mine barriers in the channel to enter the harbor.
New Haven, Connecticut
After decades of neglect, a brutalist icon is getting new life as an eco-friendly hotel.
Kennerdell, Pennsylvania
An abandoned railroad tunnel transformed into a creepy path for hikers and cyclists.
Guthrie, Kentucky
The birthplace of the first author to win the Pulitzer Prize in fiction and poetry.
Tallinn, Estonia
This set of concrete chambers resonates according to different notes of octaves.
Nuremberg, Germany
This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This quaint museum in a long-running workshop is dedicated to a fixture in New Orleans lighting.
Hamburg, Germany
A charming and enigmatic sculpture of a lynx haunts the park of Kellinghusen.
Shreveport, Louisiana
From a supper club to a gay bar to an HBO shooting location, this 125-year-old Victorian mansion has lived many lives.
Vale de Nogueiras, Portugal
This Gallo-Roman sanctuary is dedicated to Serápis, god of the underworld.
Brandy Station, Virginia
This abandoned church languishing for decades is now one man's passion project and subject of paranormal investigators.