Ferrara, Italy
Oculus Tower
A seven-story circular concrete tower, once the heart of Ferrara’s Eridania distillery, resembles a modern industrial Colosseum.
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Ferrara, Italy
A seven-story circular concrete tower, once the heart of Ferrara’s Eridania distillery, resembles a modern industrial Colosseum.
Rome, Italy
The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.
Greece
The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.
Houston, Texas
A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.
Matamata, New Zealand
This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.
Johns Island, South Carolina
One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.
New York, New York
A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.
Gainesville, Florida
This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.
Weeki Wachee, Florida
Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.
Los Angeles, California
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.
Nanaimo, British Columbia
This hauntingly stark structure is a relic of an industrial past.
Chemainus, British Columbia
A decaying gateway to a never-built housing collective.
Holywood, Scotland
A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.
Fackler, Alabama
This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.
London, England
Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.
Gaspereau Forks, New Brunswick
This wooden "kissing bridge" is one of only a few still standing in the region.
Nullarbor, Australia
A large kangaroo sculpture on the edge of the Nullarbor Plain
Raleigh, North Carolina
This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.
Toronto, Ontario
A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.
Nagasaki, Japan
Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.
Lisburn, Northern Ireland
A striking symbol of the Troubles, this semi-demolished prison was home to the largest prison escape in the history of the British Isles.
Alar del Rey, Spain
This is not a heritage railway, but when the new high speed line fully opens in 2032, at least part of this magnificent and historic line should be preserved.
Lin, Albania
6th century Byzantine mosaics preserved on a hill overlooking Lake Ohrid.
Glemmingebro, Sweden
A split boulder left by the Ice Age and, according to legend, a hazard to your senses.