Shanghai, China
Shanghai Marriage Market
A son-and-daughter meat market, hawked by mom and dad.
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Shanghai, China
A son-and-daughter meat market, hawked by mom and dad.
Shanghai, China
This former textile district now is now a thriving center for contemporary Chinese art.
Shanghai, China
The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.
Shanghai, China
This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.
Erwin, Tennessee
Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.
Corolla, North Carolina
Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.
Ocracoke, North Carolina
A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.
Beech Mountain, North Carolina
A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.
Rock, West Virginia
This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.
Charlottesville, Virginia
Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.
Bird Island, North Carolina
A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.
Bishopville, South Carolina
One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.
Claremont, North Carolina
A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.
Mount Airy, North Carolina
This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.
Kernersville, North Carolina
Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.
Greensboro, North Carolina
Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.
Sanford, North Carolina
Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.
Raleigh, North Carolina
This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.
New York, New York
A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."
Brooklyn, New York
This micro-industry of Latino cuisine along Red Hook's Ball Fields represents a victory in a food fight with the city.
Brooklyn, New York
One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.
Brooklyn, New York
A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.
Brooklyn, New York
Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.
Brooklyn, New York
An 1883 schoolhouse now home to collective of artists.