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Vacant since the 1960s, this tower still offers the best view around

Cosby, Tennessee

Mount Cammerer Lookout Tower

Trek up to an abandoned fire lookout from the 1930s for an unimpeded view.

The Abandoned Train of Bartlett, New Hampshire

Bartlett, New Hampshire

The Abandoned Train of Bartlett, New Hampshire

An old locomotive hides deep in the forest.

Tankersley Old Hall Ruins

Barnsley, England

Tankersley Old Hall Ruins

The ruins of a significant 16th-century building once appeared in a 1969 film.

Overburden Conveyer Bridge F60

Lichterfeld-Schacksdorf, Germany

Overburden Conveyer Bridge F60

One of the largest vehicles ever built is now open to the public.

Street Posts Museum

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Street Posts Museum

An unexpected public exhibit showcases the diversity of Dutch street posts.

Winding Tower of Shime Coal Mine

Shime, Japan

Winding Tower of Shime Coal Mine

Japan’s only surviving winding tower.

Kowloon Soy Co. Ltd. has been making condiments for more than a century.

Hong Kong

Kowloon Soy Co. Ltd.

One of the last soy sauce-makers in Hong Kong has been in the artisanal condiment business since 1917.

Pointe de la Jonction

Geneva, Switzerland

Pointe de la Jonction

Where two rivers meet—but don’t mix.

Wu Chi Kai is estimated to be one of only seven masters left in the territory still handcrafting neon signs.

Hong Kong

Wu Chi Kai’s Neon Light Workshop

Only seven masters are keeping the tradition of Hong Kong’s vanishing neon signs alive.

Volcán Pabellones

Peru

Volcán Pabellones

Standing 26 feet high and 13 feet in diameter, is this the world’s smallest volcano?

August 2021.

El Trapiche, Panama

Coiba Island Penal Colony

An infamous former prison is now a biodiverse national park.

Exterior of Noble Signs, where the collection is housed.

Brooklyn, New York

New York Sign Museum

A labor of love by laborers in the sign-making business.

Living quarters

Aouli, Morocco

Ahouli Mines

Large-scale operations in these mines ceased in the 1960s, leaving behind crumbling processing facilities and deserted living quarters.

The site of the Shochiku studio.

Kamakura, Japan

Shōchiku Ōfuna Studio Site

Iconic Japanese movies were made at this forgotten film-studio-site-turned-mall.

Tower seen from the Central Square

Kaliningrad, Russia

House of Soviets

Dominating the skyline of Kaliningrad, the iconic House of Soviets has always been abandoned.

Hiorns Tower

West Sussex, England

Hiorns Tower

This 18th-century "castle" is not what it seems.

Rock-Splitting Cherry Tree

Morioka, Japan

Rock-Splitting Cherry Tree

A 360-year-old cherry tree grows out of a granite boulder.

Top reservoir of the power plant.

Šumperk District, Czechia

Dlouhé Stráně Hydro Power Station

This power plant is at the edge of a Czech mountain.

The Hotel Moskva.

Belgrade, Serbia

Hotel Moskva

This striking, historic hotel has major Wes Anderson movie energy.

Fountain of the Spinacorona

Naples, Italy

Fountain of the Spinacorona

This whimsical fountain depicts a winged siren shooting water out of her nipples into the fires of Mount Vesuvius.

Another view of the advertisement.

Skagway, Alaska

Kirmse’s Billboard

This "Alaska-style" billboard is over 100 years old.

Bellevue theater.

Manila, Philippines

Bellevue Theater

Once an art-deco theater, now a supermarket.

A unique place of worship in Umeda, Osaka.

Osaka, Japan

Umeda Kitamuki Jizo

A rare north-facing Ksitigarbha statue enshrined in a passageway off Osaka’s busiest area.

The members banking.

Weybridge, England

Brooklands Racetrack Remains

The world's first purpose-built motor racetrack was destroyed by the outbreak of two world wars.

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