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Johnny J

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Penn Hills Resort
Permanently Closed

East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania

Penn Hills Resort

This abandoned Poconos resort is haunted by a history of kitschy romance and a violent fugitive.

Mmuseumm

New York, New York

Mmuseumm

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

Matchmaker Amy Van Doran in the Modern Love Club.

New York, New York

Modern Love Club

This narrow shop in the East Village hosts a matchmaking service for the new millennium.

The front of the Old Swan. (Press Photo)

Harrogate, England

Old Swan Hotel

Where Agatha Christie mysteriously disappeared in 1926.

Mystery Soda Machine
Permanently Closed

Seattle, Washington

Mystery Soda Machine

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

Collection from the iron harvest in a basement.

Ypres, Belgium

The Yorkshire Trench

In an area where the remnants of WWI are discovered on a regular basis this preserved frontline trench may be the most amazing.

Preserved wounded dressing station

Ypres, Belgium

The Birthplace of 'In Flanders Fields'

The site where one of the most famous poems of World War I was composed is preserved to honor the legacy of the work.

Soldiers marching through the Menin Gate (before the modern structure) at the start of WWI

Ypres, Belgium

Menin Gate Memorial

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.

6 1/2 Avenue street sign.

New York, New York

6 1/2 Avenue: Manhattan’s Secret Street

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.

Greenacre Park

New York, New York

Greenacre Park

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

767 Third Avenue

New York, New York

767 Third Avenue

A Manhattan office building is home to the world’s largest chess board.

Track 61

New York, New York

Track 61

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

A daytime view of the grate, looking north on Lexington Avenue towards the corner of 52nd Street.

New York, New York

Marilyn Monroe’s Subway Grate

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

Burger Joint

New York, New York

Burger Joint

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

Tempelhof postcard, ca early 1960's

Berlin, Germany

Tempelhof Airport

Berlin's old airport.

Das Schicksal Der (Fate of) Bravenleavanne

Berlin, Germany

'Das Schicksal Der (Fate of) Bravenleavanne'

The site of good faith and good nature in the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere.

Tallest Filing Cabinet on Earth

Burlington, Vermont

Tallest Filing Cabinet on Earth

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

Tree on the right at entrance
Permanently Closed

Burlington, Vermont

Burled Forest

A forest wonderland caused by Burlington, Vermont's aggressive southwestern winds.

Plaque marking the Texan Embassy

London, England

The Embassy of the Republic of Texas

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

An illustration of the tunnel
Permanently Closed

New York, New York

Site of the Beach Pneumatic Subway

Visit the site of a subway powered by nothing more than air--and lots of it.

Tunnel Number 3

New York, New York

Tunnel Number 3

Deep under Manhattan is the largest construction project in city history. So far, the project has taken the lives of 23 workers, or "a man a mile."

The Silver Swan

Barnard Castle, England

The Silver Swan

A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.

AquaDom
Permanently Closed

Berlin, Germany

AquaDom

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

The Underground Home

Queens, New York

The Underground Home

A hyper-luxurious, 12,000- square foot home might be buried beneath Queens, still waiting to protect you from nuclear missiles.

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