Cape Town, South Africa
Foreshore Freeway Bridge
Despite many attempts to finish this overpass, it has been abandoned since the 1970s.
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Cape Town, South Africa
Despite many attempts to finish this overpass, it has been abandoned since the 1970s.
Morgan City, Louisiana
The only place in the world where the general public can walk aboard an authentic offshore drilling rig.
Victoria, British Columbia
This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
This French Canadian classic is a specialty of the oldest continually used church in Minneapolis.
New York, New York
The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
This beloved American snack was conceived by a hungry coal miner.
Lorton, Virginia
The first national memorial to honor all women suffragists stands on land where suffragists were once imprisoned.
Syracuse, Italy
According to Greek mythology, this natural spring is the home of a freshwater nymph.
New York, New York
Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.
Fremont, Ohio
After a battle with Congress, Webb C. Hayes installed the gates of the White House on the fence of his father's Presidential Library and Museum.
Anaheim, California
Allegedly haunted by Walt Disney himself, this inconspicuous lamp is always kept lit in his honor.
Hayakawa, Japan
The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.
Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
Barnegat Township, New Jersey
One of the oldest surviving bars in the United States, located at the site of the last skirmish of the American Revolution.
Washington, D.C.
There's a crumbling old mansion inside the Smithsonian National Zoo.
London, England
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
San Francisco, California
The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.
Las Vegas, Nevada
One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.
Batumi, Georgia
The first skyscraper to include a Ferris wheel built into the facade.
Matsuyama-shi, Japan
A giant rooftop ride with unbeatable views of Matsuyama city, the nearby mountain ranges, and the Inland Sea.
Chicago, Illinois
This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.
Paris, France
High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.