Places Edited by mayalao

The last surviving video rental shop in Tallahassee doubles as a cult cinema and community hub.

A colonial family tomb that once doubled as New York City’s secret records vault.

A mountaintop museum of Bond props, sets, and cinematic secrets.

Explore 150 years of Estonian rail history in a terminal once built for Tsar Nicholas II.

The site of Minnesota’s worst mining disaster, now reclaimed by nature.

Descend 100 meters underground to explore Finland’s mining history.

A rare cold-water geyser that bubbles to life every half hour.

A burial ground restored by a determined Boy Scout, where fragments of America’s early history rest beneath weathered stones.

A two-storey cabinet of wonders filled with the bizarre, the macabre, and the downright uncanny.

Two standing stones are all that remains of a prehistoric installation.

The last surviving 19th-century blast furnace in Connecticut.

An abandoned construction pit in Munich that turned into an accidental urban lake.

The largest aviary in Southeast Asia is a green haven in the heart of the city.

The rocky occasional overnight accommodations of a Connecticut folk legend.

Pugs with antlers are found all over the city as a homage to one of its most famous cartoonists.

Bronze frogs link the town’s hidden waterways with the people who shaped it.

An old greyhound bus station that's been converted into a movie theater and bar, celebrating cult-classic movies and acting as a hub for Idaho-based independent film production.

A Flintstones-themed eatery in the heart of Ayia Napa’s party strip.

A giant gun-shaped smoker.

A glimpse of mining history just beyond the tree line.

The life’s work of a sculptor preserved in the Maine woods.

A fragment of one of history’s most famous walls stands as a reminder of unity in a culturally divided city.

Legendary DIY skatepark where Portland’s best skaters and curious onlookers gather daily.

A surprising relic of WWII, sitting boldly in a Marseille street.