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Graffiti from 1861.

Alexandria, Virginia

Civil War Graffiti at Washington's Tomb

The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.

Pinball Parlor at MOM's Organic Market
Permanently Closed

College Park, Maryland

Pinball Parlor at MOM's Organic Market

Two dozen pinball games hidden away inside a most unlikely location.

The Preamble in License Plates

Washington, D.C.

The Preamble in License Plates

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

Grave of Mercy Brown

Exeter, Rhode Island

Grave of Mercy Brown

The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."

Sunset Old Burying Ground

Beaufort, North Carolina

Old Burying Ground

Burial site more than 300 years old.

Some of the painted boulders (Wikimedia Commons)

Qesm Sharm Ash Sheikh, Egypt

Blue Desert

Brightly painted boulders scattered throughout the Sinai Desert.

The cinema in the Sinai Desert.
Permanently Closed

Qesm Sharm Ash Sheikh, Egypt

End of the World Cinema

An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.

The Tanis tombs.

Tanis, Egypt

Tanis

The once great capital of Egypt now crumbles forward as evocative ruins.

Medical Facility in Slavutych, Ukraine

Slavutych, Ukraine

Slavutych

The last planned Soviet city was built for the former residents of Prypiat after the Chornobyl disaster.

Duga 'Russian Woodpecker' Radar

Ivankivs'kyi district, Ukraine

Duga 'Russian Woodpecker' Radar

This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.

Bunce Island

Kupr, Sierra Leone

Bunce Island

Home of the ruins of a British slave castle.

Exterior of the Crocodile House

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Crocodile House

Living inside a fearsome reptile in the Ivory Coast.

landscape from the hotel

Monrovia, Liberia

Abandoned Ducor Hotel

Empty since 1989, now falling into ruin.

Photo Courtesy of Michael John Grist

Midori-ku, Japan

The Hotel Royal

This seven story Japanese love hotel now stands in ruins.

Dust storms arise you read the words of Sennacherib on the Aqueduct of Jerwan.

Al-Shikhan, Iraq

Aqueduct of Jerwan

The surviving pieces of an ancient aqueduct that may have fed into the lost Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

Sacsayhuamán

Cusco, Peru

Sacsayhuamán

The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.

The original entrance of the Lummelunda Caves.

Sweden

Lummelunda Cave

This fantastic cave remained unexplored until 1948 when three schoolboys discovered a hidden entrance.

Puck's Glen.

Dunoon, Scotland

Puck's Glen

This ethereal, rainforest-like gorge is home to waterfalls, quaint bridges, and fairy folk.

The VLT - Very Large Telescope

Antofagasta Province, Chile

The VLT - Very Large Telescope

In the most arid desert on the planet, the world's leading telescope allows astronomers to see more than has ever been seen before.

Large Binocular Telescope

Safford, Arizona

Large Binocular Telescope

One of the world's largest telescopes, stares into the night sky with two huge mirrors.

Fish on the trail.

Hull, England

Seven Seas Fish Trail

Explore Hull's historic Old Town by following the sea creatures scattered throughout its charmingly cobbled streets.

Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem0115 947 3171

Nottingham, England

Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

Orvieto Underground

Orvieto, Italy

Orvieto Underground

This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.

Al Green’s Full Gospel Tabernacle Church.

Memphis, Tennessee

Al Green’s Full Gospel Tabernacle Church

The R&B singer's modest church guarantees a religious experience, regardless of your beliefs.

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