Pompeii, Italy
Pompeii Thermopolium
Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.
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Pompeii, Italy
Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.
Denver, Colorado
A home covered with elaborate mosaic and other pieces of art.
Birmingham, Alabama
Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.
Margate City, New Jersey
Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Amazingly, this old machine within the Resorts Casino still functions.
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Once forgotten, this strip of sand was a rare beachside haven for Black Americans in Atlantic City.
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Memorial built in 1922 in remembrance of WWI casualties.
Atlantic City, New Jersey
If it feels like a speakeasy, that’s because it probably was one.
Nashville, Tennessee
This award-winning men's bathroom was just too beautiful to not allow women to see.
New York, New York
If it hadn't been caught in time, a flaw in the design of this Manhattan skyscraper could have led to its collapse.
London, England
Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.
London, England
The world's first underground farm is in a World War II bomb shelter beneath the streets of London.
London, England
Catacombs turned marketplace.
London, England
A student driver's nightmare.
Marseille, France
What if all public housing projects had been designed by "the Pygmalion of modern architecture," not only their prototype?
Paris, France
An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.
Paris, France
A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.
Charleston, South Carolina
A stack of stones steeped in Irish folklore, much like the hero they're connected to, hide in plain sight.
Charleston, South Carolina
Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.
Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.
Charleston, South Carolina
South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.
Millinocket, Maine
The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.
Toronto, Ontario
A monument to the 17,000 Chinese who worked and died to build Canada's Pacific Railway.
Toronto, Ontario
Smallest house in Toronto sits on a lot meant to be just wide enough for cars to drive through.