Hammonton, New Jersey
Amatol Ghost Town
In the woods of New Jersey lie the ruins of a munitions village abandoned after World War I and the remnants of a 1920s wooden racetrack.
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Hammonton, New Jersey
In the woods of New Jersey lie the ruins of a munitions village abandoned after World War I and the remnants of a 1920s wooden racetrack.
Tonopah, Nevada
In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.
Brussels, Belgium
A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.
Dublin, Ireland
The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.
Lakewood, Colorado
At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.
Qujing, China
A canvas of crops grow from vibrant red soil in this terraced farmland.
Portland, Oregon
Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.
Tokyo, Japan
This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.
Cartagena, Colombia
A cozy bookstore and coffee shop in the heart of Cartagena's Old City.
London, England
Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.
Portland, Oregon
This café is dedicated to serving coffee roasted by Native American-owned companies.
Prypiat, Ukraine
The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.
Waterbury, Connecticut
A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.
Greece
The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A tiny, unmarked beer and whiskey bar above an Ethiopian restaurant in West Philly fails to conceal live bluegrass.
Yekaterinburg, Russia
It's hard to believe the dizzying patterns covering this abandoned mine are completely natural.
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Known as the Hintz House, this medieval pharmacy has been an apothecary's haven for nearly 450 years.
San Francisco, California
The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.
Plougrescant, France
A small house sits between two huge rocks, with its back to the sea.
Antarctica
At the point of oceanic inaccessibility, you can't get farther from dry land without leaving the planet.
Madison, Wisconsin
A largely forgotten and touching neoclassical marble fountain overlooking a bear mound effigy.
Madison, Wisconsin
This forgotten beach house built to look like a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece overlooks a hidden beach.
Madison, Wisconsin
Hidden away in the city of Madison, Wisconsin is a nearly forgotten home that Frank Lloyd Wright built for a childhood friend.
Madison, Wisconsin
The arboretum whose marshy soil sucked up the dreams of housing developers.