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Construction on December 5th, 1961

Washington, D.C.

'Cartwheel' Tower

Washington's top-secret Cold War-era doomsday communications tower is located in a small neighborhood park.

Lego Bridge in Wuppertal, Germany

Wuppertal, Germany

Lego Bridge

This painted Lego bridge is the product of over a century of locomotive history.

Where Argleton should be.

Aughton, England

Argleton, Lancashire

The town of Argleton has a postal code and appears on maps and even real estate listings, yet it does not exist.

The Apollo boilerplate.
Permanently Closed

Franklin, Pennsylvania

Dairy Queen Apollo Capsule

Priceless space junk on display in front of a local Dairy Queen.

Barboursville

Barboursville, Virginia

Barboursville Ruins

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

This is the right side of the complex. From here you can see one of the few remaining structures and for some reason a city bus.

Chatsworth, California

LA-88 Nike Missile Site

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.

221b, Baker Street

London, England

221b Baker Street

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

The bunker.
Permanently Closed

London, England

Growing Underground

The world's first underground farm is in a World War II bomb shelter beneath the streets of London.

The King's Cross Ice Well

London, England

The King's Cross Ice Well

A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.

Ragged School Museum

London, England

Ragged School Museum

A Victorian school for poverty stricken waifs has been preserved as a museum to their donated education.

Lullaby Factory
Permanently Closed

London, England

Lullaby Factory

Wedged between two buildings at the Great Ormond Street Hospital is this secret music installation.

Hitler's Olympic Village
Permanently Closed

Wustermark, Germany

Hitler's Olympic Village

The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.

Hospital Train - Korean War

San Antonio, Texas

U.S. Army Medical Department Museum

This museum showcases the history and contributions of the U.S. Army to the medical industry, both on the battlefield and off.

Museum of the History of Lithuanian Medicine and Pharmacy

Kaunas, Lithuania

Museum of the History of Lithuanian Medicine and Pharmacy

Folky pharmaceuticals abound in this medicinal reliquary.

Your body goes in here (yes, yours)

Atlanta, Georgia

CDC Museum

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

Ancient swamp was likely centered at 17th and L Streets NW

Washington, D.C.

D.C.'s Underground Bald Cypress Fossils

Four bald cypress trees in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, mark the southern edge of a 100,000 year old cypress swamp.

Zero Milestone

Washington, D.C.

Zero Milestone

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

The simple concrete exterior.

Berlin, Germany

Abandoned Iraqi Embassy

When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.

Mengenlehreuhr

Berlin, Germany

Mengenlehreuhr (Berlin Clock)

The world's first clock to use set theory as a measure of time required the invention of a new light bulb just to maintain its obtuse measurements.

The Churchill War Rooms

London, England

The Churchill War Rooms

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

Liepaja Northern Forts

Liepāja, Latvia

Liepaja Northern Forts

These crumbling Latvian forts make for some haunting seaside ruins.

Abandoned military structure

Tahkuna, Estonia

Military Structures of Hiiumaa

Wars fought and wars won are remembered by these abandoned bunker ruins.

The fisherman left their tools, as well as many personal belongings

Eskifjorður, Iceland

Randulff’s Sea House

This remote eatery and museum is preserved as a time capsule of a small Icelandic fishing town.

The Dilliard Complex (former Eastern State Hospital) before it was closed in 2006

Williamsburg, Virginia

Eastern State Hospital

America's first public mental health facility.

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