Austin, Texas
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One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.
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Austin, Texas
One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.
Austin, Texas
This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.
Austin, Texas
A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.
Dale, Texas
Constructed in 1859 as a general store and post office, the store is still used to this day and was featured in the Walking Dead series.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.
Chandler, Arizona
Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.
Alnwick, England
This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.
London, England
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
Los Angeles, California
This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.
New York, New York
A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.
Seneca Falls, New York
A near tragic event on this bridge helped inspire the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."
Cleveland, Ohio
The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.
Winchester, England
This public lavatory is home to a mini museum that explores toilets through time.
Warren, Texas
This magical oasis in East Texas is one of the most biodiverse acres in the country.
Athens, Greece
A man's head is enshrined beneath a statue near the first building constructed for the modern Olympic Games.
Pyeongchang, South Korea
The darkest building on Earth was built for the snow-white scenery of the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Munich, Germany
An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.
Alamosa, Colorado
The 7,000-foot finish line of America’s first Olympic Trials marathon.
Marousi, Greece
What once sat in the world’s spotlight is today a largely disused ghost complex.
Montreal, Québec
A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.
Hadžići, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This abandoned Olympic skiing facility still bears the scars of the Siege of Sarajevo.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.
Tallinn, Estonia
An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.
Annapolis, Maryland
A memorial to an ill-fated Arctic expedition pursued by the U.S. Navy.