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The old gasification plant in Gas Works Park, Seattle

Seattle, Washington

Gas Works Park

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

Pretty nice for an infrastructure accident!

Mecca, California

Salton Sea

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Maryhill Stonehenge

Goldendale, Washington

Maryhill Museum and Stonehenge

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

Sagano Bamboo Forest

Kyoto, Japan

Sagano Bamboo Forest

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

Shoes on the Danube

Budapest, Hungary

Shoes on the Danube Promenade

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

The Frederick Law Olmsted designed Emerald Necklace at The Fenway Victory Gardens.

Boston, Massachusetts

Fenway Victory Gardens

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

Carousel Bar in 1968.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Carousel Bar

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

The bar still stands.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Jean Lafitte's Old Absinthe House

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

Fin Art at Magnuson Park

Seattle, Washington

Magnuson Park Fin Art

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

The hotel ledger from 1909.

Victoria, British Columbia

The Empress Hotel

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

Whale Museum

Friday Harbor, Washington

Whale Museum

Orcas on display and in the water.

Manresa Castle

Port Townsend, Washington

Manresa Castle

A historic hotel with many stories of haunted activity.

Port Townsend's Fire Bell Tower.

Port Townsend, Washington

Fire Bell Tower

Built in 1890, this is the last remaining wooden fire bell tower in the United States.

Lime Kiln Trail

Granite Falls, Washington

Lime Kiln Trail

Four abandoned towers hidden above the Douglas fir forest in Washington.

Poor Mathew.

Bellingham, Washington

Fairhaven Historic Markers

Stones speckled along Harris Avenue reveal hidden nuggets of the past.

Statue of JJ Donovan

Bellingham, Washington

Statue of JJ Donovan

Take a selfie with one of the area’s founding fathers.

Blue Fox Drive-In Theatre.

Oak Harbor, Washington

Blue Fox Drive-In Theatre

Sleep beneath the big screen at this old-school movie theater.

Giant Cedar Stump

Arlington, Washington

Giant Cedar Stump

At a rest stop north of Seattle, the trunk of an ancient tree.

Deception Pass Bridge

Oak Harbor, Washington

Deception Pass Bridge

This historic bridge connects Whidbey Island to Fidalgo Island across whirlpool-filled waters.

Cow Barn At Northern State Hospital Farm.

Sedro-Woolley, Washington

Northern State Hospital Farm

Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.

Chapel of the Holy Cross

Sedona, Arizona

Chapel of the Holy Cross

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

Stairs, tilework

Bisbee, Arizona

Bisbee Stairs

Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

Erie Street, Historic Lowell

Bisbee, Arizona

Erie Street, Historic Lowell

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

Vík í Myrdal Church

Vik, Iceland

Vík í Myrdal Church

A tiny village church in dramatic surroundings.

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