Midrand, South Africa
Grand Central Water Tower
A giant concrete Brutalist water tower in suburban Johannesburg.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Midrand, South Africa
A giant concrete Brutalist water tower in suburban Johannesburg.
Pristina, Kosovo
A futuristic, brutalist masterpiece that is also strangely prison-like.
Unsko-sanski kanton, Bosnia and Herzegovina
An abandoned brutalist monument whose history has been lost to the ages.
Johannesburg, South Africa
The tallest residential building in Africa is an unsettling Brutalist monolith.
Jamestown, California
Hidden beneath a lake for decades, this brutalist mine has now emerged from beneath the receding waters.
St. Joseph, Minnesota
A jaw-dropping brutalist space church seems to have crash-landed in the middle of America.
London, England
Shiny Brutalist box commemorates a pioneer of electricity and houses a railway transformer.
Milan, Italy
A brutalist gem towering over the heart of Milan.
London, England
This sprawling, Brutalist estate feels like a city within a city.
New York, New York
This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.
San Salvador, El Salvador
Padre Delgado, a leader in the fight for Salvadoran independence, is buried in this stunning Brutalist cathedral.
Yokohama, Japan
This retro izakaya street is a unique legacy of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
Noisy-le-Grand, France
A suburban housing complex with astonishing architectural features, locally nicknamed "the Camemberts."
Munich, Germany
An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.
Groom Lake, Nevada
In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.
Alamo, Nevada
An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.
Rachel, Nevada
This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.
Hiko, Nevada
The self-proclaimed gateway to the Extraterrestrial Highway.
Brooklyn, New York
A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.
San Francisco, California
The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.
Cusco, Peru
An extraterrestrial-themed art exhibit makes the perfect place to crash-land while interacting with Andean culture and history.
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
High rises built to house displaced military personnel and their families form a unique cylindrical shape.
Noisy-le-Grand, France
This stunningly massive housing complex is a go-to filming location for dystopian sci-fi cinema.
Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This top-secret nuclear bunker hidden in a Bosnian mountain has been converted to a modern art exhibition space.