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Jon Opol

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I like off the beaten places and obscure stuff. Shuttling between NYC and Manila. Insta (IG): wanderjon

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St. Anthony

Brooklyn, New York

St. Anthony

Church featuring "high Victorian gothic" architecture.

This laundromat is more than it seems.

Brooklyn, New York

Sunshine Laundromat

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

Greenpoint Savings Bank
Permanently Closed

Brooklyn, New York

Greenpoint Savings Bank

Neoclassical bank designed by NY architects Helmle & Huberty.

Bomelstein's Jewelers Clock

Brooklyn, New York

Bomelstein's Jewelers Clock

The only surviving sidewalk clock in Brooklyn.

Union Porcelain Company

Brooklyn, New York

Union Porcelain Company

Where one of Greenpoint's "five black arts" was practiced.

Leviton Building

Brooklyn, New York

Leviton Building

2 square block factory in Greenpoint erected in 1936.

Site of the Great Greenpoint Sewer Explosion

Brooklyn, New York

Site of the Great Greenpoint Sewer Explosion

If you were standing here on October 5th, 1950, you'd be dead.

Astral Apartments

Brooklyn, New York

Astral Apartments

Queen Anne style apartment house built in 1886.

India Street Pier

Brooklyn, New York

India Street Pier

The return of something once considered a basic part of life.

Eagle Street Rooftop Farm

Brooklyn, New York

Eagle Street Rooftop Farm

Three stories above you, your salad is being grown.

Cat boxes on Commercial

Brooklyn, New York

Commercial Street Cat Village

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.

Boardwalk Empire set
Permanently Closed

Brooklyn, New York

Boardwalk Empire Set

HBO series' stage tucked away in a Greenpoint lot is the largest theatrical set of its kind in the United States.

Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center

Brooklyn, New York

Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center

Enormous one time fiber mill now houses local artists and small businesses.

Manhattan Avenue Street End Park

Brooklyn, New York

Manhattan Avenue Street End Park

Once a dumping spot, now a park with a kayak launch.

North Brooklyn Boat Club

Brooklyn, New York

North Brooklyn Boat Club

A group dedicated to promoting boating, kayaking and environmental education programs.

Pulaski Bridge

Queens, New York

Pulaski Bridge

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

Workbench at the Neustadt Collection.

Queens, New York

Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass

The world’s largest collection of Tiffany glass sits in a warehouse in Queens.

(Flickr/4rilla)
Permanently Closed

Queens, New York

5 Pointz

A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.

Etna erupting in 2002.

Belpasso, Italy

Mount Etna

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

The mysterious elephant.

Catania, Italy

Elephant Fountain

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

Interhotel Veliko Tarnovo
Permanently Closed

Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

Interhotel Veliko Tarnovo

A decaying, yet still functioning, work of communist architecture.

The Return of the Cows
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Berlin, Germany

The Return of the Cows

Art and a pun, all in one.

Skeleton.

Salisbury, England

The Skeletons of Stonehenge

Ancient human remains unearthed around the iconic monument.

Stones and Henge, respectively.

Amesbury, England

Stonehenge

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

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