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The 1717 Reformed Church of New Paltz.

New Paltz, New York

Huguenot Street

The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.

Bannerman's Castle

Beacon, New York

Bannerman's Castle

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

Timewheel
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Budapest, Hungary

Timewheel

Possibly the world's largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year's Eve.

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.

Elektrotechnikai Múzeum

Budapest, Hungary

Elektrotechnikai Múzeum

Electrical curiosity museum housed in an old transformer station.

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.

Øresund Bridge

Malmö, Sweden

Øresund Bridge

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

Liberation Army Soldier

Budapest, Hungary

Memento Park

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

'The Sphere'

New York, New York

'The Sphere'

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

"Pusher Street" in 2007, after eviction of the hash stands. A "no photo sign" remains. The hash stands have since returned. (Wikimedia Commons)

Copenhagen, Denmark

Freetown Christiania

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

Old North Church

Boston, Massachusetts

Old North Church

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

It's half the size of that car!

Boston, Massachusetts

Skinny House

Narrowest house in Boston.

Hood Milk Bottle

Boston, Massachusetts

Hood Milk Bottle

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

Harvard Bridge

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Harvard Bridge

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

Mapparium Globe

Boston, Massachusetts

Mapparium Globe

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

The Mother Church

Boston, Massachusetts

The First Church of Christ, Scientist

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

US Navy DC-3 Wreckage

Iceland

U.S. Navy DC-3 Wreckage

This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.

Brooklyn Townhouse Secret Subway Exit

Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn Townhouse Secret Subway Exit

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

Gowanus Ballroom
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Brooklyn, New York

Gowanus Ballroom

A working metal shop and venue for outrageous art and music shows in a former cannonball factory.

Breuckelen Distilling Co.

Brooklyn, New York

Breuckelen Distilling Co.

A big shiny gin and whiskey distillery in Sunset Park.

Transmitter Park

Brooklyn, New York

Transmitter Park

Once a ferry dock, radio transmitter, and now a new Greenpoint park.

A squat tour meets outside ABC No Rio in the Lower East Side of NYC.

New York, New York

Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.

Plantin-Moretus Museum of Printing

Antwerp, Belgium

Plantin-Moretus Museum of Printing

Most prolific publishing house in the 1600s open to the public.

Pink painted elephants adorn the front doors of the Délirium Café in honor of its namesake.

Brussels, Belgium

Délirium Café

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

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