Chicago, Illinois
The World's Columbian Exhibition of 1893
What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.
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Chicago, Illinois
What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.
Hove, England
This seemingly normal pathway actually forms a giant fingerprint.
Providence, Rhode Island
A giant green dragon crawls down from the roof of the Providence Children's Museum.
Brisbane, Australia
An exhibit of endangered species confiscated from smugglers and passengers.
Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
An abstract and eyecatching clock/fountain is the centerpiece of this little-known German city.
Division No. 8, Newfoundland and Labrador
This giant squid sculpture sits near the spot where a real-life specimen was captured in the late 19th-century.
Austin, Pennsylvania
When the Austin Dam failed it destroyed much of Austin...and then it failed again.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This Old Testament garden features 100 plants from biblical times.
Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania
The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.
Mill Run, Pennsylvania
Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.
New Wilmington, Pennsylvania
Antiques and recycled art surround this cabin designed to resemble a 19th-century schoolhouse.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This small sculpture honors a shuttered bookshop that was the site of a fiery act of protest.
Minot, North Dakota
This museum is a full-size replica of an original church constructed during the 13th-century.
Wellington, New Zealand
The 16-foot sculpture of a hand looks out from his perch on top of an art gallery.
Paris, France
This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.
Seattle, Washington
This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.
Mellieħa, Malta
An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This repurposed church offers a more literal way to get closer to the heavens.
Rancho Cordova, California
This diner's a kitschy dreamland for anyone whose heart is stuck in the 1980s.
Neve Ilan, Israel
In a small town outside Jerusalem, a roadside diner is devoted to all things Elvis Presley.