Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Arecibo Observatory
The world's second largest single-dish radio telescope, once used to contact E.T.
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Arecibo, Puerto Rico
The world's second largest single-dish radio telescope, once used to contact E.T.
Sandy, Utah
Step into the cool deep past and unknown future of who begat who.
Oberhausen, Germany
An industrial relic is now one of Europe's most staggering art spaces.
Indianapolis, Indiana
A modern-day wunderkammer dedicated to Indianapolis history, Afrofuturism, and musical vibrations.
U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado
Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.
Burk's Falls, Ontario
A school teacher's massive and terrifying self-built castle.
Rockford, Illinois
The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.
Cape May, New Jersey
World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.
Shumen, Bulgaria
This massive concrete sculpture is said to be the heaviest communist monument on Earth.
Saint-Romain-au-Mont-d'Or, France
An art world insider finds himself battling for his artistic home.
Lome, Togo
The Voodoo Superstore of the world.
Amherstburg, Ontario
An abandoned Victorian-era amusement park is rusting away amidst luxury houses.
Padua, Italy
The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.
Orvieto, Italy
Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.
Sciacca, Italy
A madman's personal garden filled with 1,000 sculpted heads.
West Berlin, New Jersey
Destructive children, start your engines.
Wilmington, Delaware
This collection of odd proofs of concept is like taking a walk through the imagination of a Victorian engineer.
Elvas, Portugal
This star-shaped military outpost is now simply trying to protect itself from neglect.
London, England
This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin's old airport.
Chicago, Illinois
This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.
Pacifica, California
The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.
Junagadh, India
This otherworldly palace-mausoleum complex is the stuff eternal dreams are made of.