Places exploringwithkatie Wants to Go

Crumbling remnant of Rio's colonial past tucked behind Corcovado mountain in the neighborhood of Cosme Velho.

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.

A giant cat slowly prowls the parking lot of Zebulon's car dealerships.

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.

An abandoned dollhouse factory.

An unusual assortment of steerable wooden sleds is on display in a library in New Jersey where they were first invented.

Once used to screen films for theater owners to rent, this historic building is now a start up hub.

Its vintage camera collection gives a snapshot of the past as viewed through a photographic lens.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

This weeping, 10-foot-tall sculpture was a maquette for a 9/11 memorial.

Hundreds of antiquated typewriters and office machinery show the technological evolution of business.

What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.

Enjoy a slice while browsing the world's largest collection of pizza memorabilia.

This forgotten building was one of the few Philadelphia-area breweries to survive Prohibition.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

The humble horn finally finds a place in the sun.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.

First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.