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Vance Creek Viaduct
Permanently Closed

Shelton, Washington

Vance Creek Viaduct

The second tallest railway trestle bridge in America.

Catacombes des Paris Autumn 2018

Paris, France

Catacombes de Paris

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

The Ruins of St. Dunstan-in-the-East

London, England

The Ruins of St. Dunstan-in-the-East

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

West Point Lighthouse at Fort Lawton (Discovery Park).

Seattle, Washington

Fort Lawton

This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.

Tai Tung

Seattle, Washington

Tai Tung

The city's oldest Chinese restaurant offers local history and seriously good food.

Port Angeles Underground

Port Angeles, Washington

Port Angeles Underground

Tour the original street level of Port Angeles, buried underground in 1914.

Bordeaux, Washington
Permanently Closed

Olympia, Washington

Bordeaux, Washington

The remains of a former logging boom town, crumbled away in the forest.

The sail of the USS Parche.

Bremerton, Washington

Sail of the USS Parche

The only surviving piece of a submarine said to be the most decorated vessel in U.S. history.

Jimi Hendrix Memorial

Renton, Washington

Jimi Hendrix Memorial

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

Majestic Bay Theatre

Seattle, Washington

Majestic Bay Theatre

Continuing a tradition of movie magic on the site of America’s oldest continually operating movie theatre.

Inside Scarecrow Video.

Seattle, Washington

Scarecrow Video

Browse through roughly 130,000 titles in the world's largest independent video rental store.

Piece of the Berlin Wall at Cafe Turko

Seattle, Washington

Piece of the Berlin Wall at Cafe Turko

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

Kurt Cobain's Benches.

Seattle, Washington

Kurt Cobain's Benches

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

Off the Rez Cafe

Seattle, Washington

Off the Rez Cafe

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

Enthralled by the machine...

Seattle, Washington

Seattle Pinball Museum

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

Seattle Underground

Seattle, Washington

Seattle Underground

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

Denver Omelet Plaque

Denver, Colorado

Denver Omelet Plaque

This sidewalk tribute honors Colorado's great culinary creation.

Fasan Explosives Factory

Wehringen, Germany

Fasan Explosives Factory

Hidden in the forest are the crumbling, graffiti-covered remains of the factory where most of Germany's explosives were produced during World War II.

Kuno II

Jettingen-Scheppach, Germany

Kuno II

The world's first jet-powered aircraft were assembled by the Germans in this secret factory in the forest during WWII.

Former bunker gates.

Altenmünster, Germany

Z-Hiag Former Chemical Plant

Hidden in the forest are the remains of a former World War II chemical plant.

Hiroshima-Nagasaki Platz

Potsdam, Germany

Hiroshima-Nagasaki Platz

A memorial commemorating the place where Truman gave the order to deploy the first nuclear bombs on Japan.

The Art Reef before it was sunk.

British Virgin Islands

Kodiak Queen

Divers can encounter an abandoned warship encircled by a giant kraken submerged in the British Virgin Islands.

Just the sight of the arrow-shaped fortress intimidated would-be attackers.

Šibenik, Croatia

St. Nicholas Fortress

Large, airy hallways hide within an impenetrable fortress that beckons urban explorers.

Bluie East Two.

Ikateq, Greenland

Bluie East Two

A surprisingly beautiful abandoned World War II military base in East Greenland.

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