Columbia, South Carolina
Tunnelvision
This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Columbia, South Carolina
This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.
Katoomba, Australia
This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.
Safety Harbor, Florida
This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.
Columbia, South Carolina
The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.
Blackville, South Carolina
This natural spring not only claims to heal the wounded but it has also been willed to God.
St. Louis, Missouri
This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.
Chicago, Illinois
This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.
Lucerne Valley, California
This strangely vacant Western amusement seems to be an empty tribute to residents of Lucerne Valley.
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Taiwan's only erotically-themed restaurant brings the comedy back to sex and dinner.
New York, New York
From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.
Brooklyn, New York
Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.
Brooklyn, New York
The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.
New York, New York
This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.
Brooklyn, New York
Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.
Brooklyn, New York
Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.
Brooklyn, New York
A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories
New York, New York
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
New York, New York
The saddest little diner in New York.
Wendover, Utah
Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.
Gwangju-si, South Korea
The abandoned hospital whose elaborate ghost stories cover up the dirty truth - an uneventful sanitation issue and other mundane reasons for its demise.
Sedro-Woolley, Washington
Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.
Lyndonville, New York
A tree full of wishes and footwear.
Detroit, Michigan
The concrete shell of an industry giant remains as a playground for graffiti artists, auto scrappers, and paintball warriors.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.