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Mordy

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Student of History at the Univ of Maryland.

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The End of the World
Permanently Closed

Peninsula, Ohio

Helltown, Ohio

The tragic reality of a village riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.

Fort Defiance

Brooklyn, New York

Fort Defiance

The humble fort that saved Washington.

The Whampoa

Hong Kong

The Whampoa

Take a cruise with no movement but plenty of style in this one-of-a-kind boat mall.

The Marx Brothers

Altadena, California

Cobb Estate

This California estate was either haunted by ghosts or the Marx brothers.

Fenyes Mansion

Pasadena, California

Fenyes Mansion

A repository of Pasadena history.

Lucky Baldwin himself

Pasadena, California

Lucky Baldwin's

A British pub embodies the spirit of a California legend.

Pasadena Star-News Building

Pasadena, California

The Pasadena Star-News Building

A newspaper building that made radio history.

The Baigong Pipes

Haixi, China

Baigong Pipes

Are these prehistoric metal pipes evidence of alien plumbers? Nope, but they are amazing nonetheless.

View of Shanghai and the Oriental Pearl Tower

Shanghai, China

Oriental Pearl Tower

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

A lone man sits near the museum in Kangbashi.

Ordos, China

Kangbashi

It seems that the residents of of this megalopolis suddenly vanished, but they were never actually there.

The Brown Tree Snake

Yigo, Guam

Andersen Air Force Base

Launchpad for the US military’s dead mouse operation to battle millions of snakes.

The skywalk

Zhangjiajie, China

Tianmen Skywalk

For those with no fear of heights: a skywalk 4,700 feet up on a Chinese mountain.

View from the pier

Brooklyn, New York

Louis Valentino Jr. Park and Pier

Take in a rare, face-to-face glimpse of Lady Liberty at this tucked away Red Hook park.

Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children

London, England

Former Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children

This hospital helped pave the way for treatment that drove down child-mortality rates in 19th and 20th centuries.

Lehigh Valley No. 79

Brooklyn, New York

The Lehigh Barge and the Waterfront Museum Showboat Barge

Lehigh Valley barge No. 79 still gets tugged along - but now it houses a museum and unusual performances.

The view at Thilafushi

Malé, Maldives

Thilafushi: the "Rubbish Island"

The exorbitant price of paradise.

Trash accumulates on a Bahamas beach overlooking the Atlantic.

North Atlantic Ocean

North Atlantic Garbage Patch

The lesser-known cousin of the Great Pacific trash island.

Lush greenery on El Hierro

El Hierro, Spain

El Hierro

This Canary island is a quintessential example of nature’s beauty, and its unbridled fury.

Devil's Gate

La Cañada Flintridge, California

Devil's Gate

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

Pico Cao Grande from a distance.

Caue, São Tomé and Príncipe

Pico Cao Grande

Nature’s skyscraper launches out of the terrain with attitude.

Johan's Ark
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Dordrecht, Netherlands

Johan's Ark

“And the Lord said unto Johan, build for thee an ark for the end of the world is approaching.”

The welcome gates

Chios, Greece

Lovokomeio Leper Colony

An ambiguous ambience emanates from this centuries old leprosy quarantine.

Pasadena City Hall Facade

Pasadena, California

Pasadena City Hall

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

Mammalian Brain Collection
Permanently Closed

Silver Spring, Maryland

Mammalian Brain Collection

Brain collection and database that narrows the gap between man and animal.

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