Lompoc, California
Lompoc Valley Drive-In
With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.
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Lompoc, California
With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.
Caiguna, Australia
Some of the world's largest letters are carved into the limestone bedrock of the Nullarbor Plain.
Tbilisi, Georgia
At this rare mosque in Tbilisi, Sunni and Shia Muslims pray side by side.
London, England
There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.
Tbilisi, Georgia
The secret room where early Bolsheviks cranked out propaganda fliers on a smuggled printing press.
Agoura Hills, California
A strange mishmash of ruins and abandoned structures hint at the park's many lives.
Guatavita, Colombia
The entire town looks like a slice of Spain that was carted across the ocean and plunked in the Andes.
London, England
It is still illegal to "quarrel" at this unlikely urban oasis built on top of an electrical substation.
Somosierra, Spain
A tiny church remembers the Polish cavalrymen who charged their way into a Napoleonic victory.
Lido, Italy
Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.
Florence, Italy
A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.
Istanbul, Turkey
The eclectic home of a leading Turkish architect is a gorgeous piece of eye candy.
Los Angeles, California
Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.
West Lafayette, Indiana
Purdue students would lean over this iron fence to skirt campus rules against smoking and courting.
Diamond, Oregon
The unique circular corral belonging to the “Cattle King” of Oregon.
Oslo, Norway
The painter of "The Scream" is laid to rest under a stoic bust of himself in the humble corner of an Oslo cemetery.
Brooklyn, New York
Obscure and obsolete publications are given new life as works of art.
Montrose, Colorado
An eclectic collection of artifacts from the Wild West is preserved in a remote fictional pioneer town.
Kobe, Japan
A collection of the specialized tools used to construct Japan’s beautiful architecture.
San Francisco, California
The rustic cabin-like decor of this Arts and Crafts-style church reflects the love of nature central to its little-known theology.
Port Townsend, Washington
An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.
Dufur, Oregon
The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.
McMinnville, Oregon
The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.
Portland, Oregon
10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.