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Friendship 500

Maple Ridge, British Columbia

Friendship 500

A floating McDonald's built for Expo '86 is now a derelict relic on Burrard Inlet.

Rodina-Mat : Mother Motherland

Kyiv, Ukraine

Rodina-Mat : Mother Motherland

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

Painted Skull Sent Into Vancouver's Police Department

Vancouver, British Columbia

Vancouver Police Museum

Housing a morgue, rare and confiscated weapons, and autopsy remains, the Vancouver police museum displays the dark side of Canada.

Digital Orca

Vancouver, British Columbia

Digital Orca

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

Leg-In-Boot Square

Vancouver, British Columbia

Leg-In-Boot Square

This mundane shopping plaza is named after a gruesome piece of flotsam.

Lviv Statue of Liberty

Lviv, Ukraine

Lviv Statue of Liberty

This unique Lady Liberty is one of the only examples of the figure sitting down.

Holy Cross

Culver City, California

Holy Cross Cemetery

A bright California graveyard with a decidedly dark side.

North facade of Voronstov Palace

Alupka, Ukraine

Vorontsov Palace

This magnificent Crimean estate was once a playground of the Russian elite.

The Crimean trolleybus heading to the sea

Simferopol, Ukraine

Crimean Trolleybus Line

The longest trolleybus route in the world, from Simferopol and Yalta.

Kamilo Beach

Naalehu, Hawaii

Kamilo Beach

Formerly a lovely white sand beach this Hawaiian stretch is now a trap for countless tons of trash.

Jimi Hendrix Shrine from the front
Permanently Closed

Vancouver, British Columbia

Jimi Hendrix Shrine

This little Vancouver shack is a temple to all things Hendrix.

Bloedel Conservatory

Vancouver, British Columbia

Bloedel Conservatory

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

Light Gate

Manhattan Beach, California

Light Gate

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

Vajdahunyad Castle

Budapest, Hungary

Vajdahunyad Castle

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

A Sarajevo Rose.

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo Roses

A number of craters left by fatal mortar strikes have been filled with red resin to remember those lost during the Siege of Sarajevo.

Stephansdom Crypt

Vienna, Austria

Stephansdom Crypt

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

Byodo-In Temple.

Kaneohe, Hawaii

Valley of the Temples Memorial Park

An authentic replica of an Asian temple and garden hidden amongst the natural beauty of Hawai'i.

Bettie Page mural

Seattle, Washington

Bettie Page House

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

Ohio State Reformatory.

Mansfield, Ohio

Ohio State Reformatory

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

The Sam Kee (Jack Chow) Building

Vancouver, British Columbia

The Sam Kee (Jack Chow) Building

At just six feet two inches deep, it is said by Guiness and Ripley to be the world’s narrowest freestanding office building.

Georgian Hotel

Santa Monica, California

Georgian Hotel

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

A crowd gathers streetside for a monthly service
Permanently Closed

Los Angeles, California

almighty Opp

A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.

Watts Towers

Los Angeles, California

Watts Towers

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Venice of America Canals

Los Angeles, California

Venice of America Canals

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

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