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Monument to the Unknown Bureaucrat.

Reykjavik, Iceland

Monument to the Unknown Bureaucrat

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

Piece of Berlin Wall In Iceland

Reykjavik, Iceland

Piece of Berlin Wall In Iceland

A bit of the Berlin Wall was gifted to the Icelandic capital to commemorate the 25th anniversary of German reunification.

Hallgrimskirkja

Reykjavik, Iceland

Hallgrimskirkja

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Icelandic Phallological Museum

Reykjavik, Iceland

Icelandic Phallological Museum

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

The Ghost Church, fall 2016.

Mechanicsville, Virginia

The Ghost Church

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

Agecroft Hall and Gardens

Richmond, Virginia

Agecroft Hall and Gardens

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

Byrd Theatre

Richmond, Virginia

Byrd Theatre

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

Camera Heritage Museum.

Staunton, Virginia

Camera Heritage Museum

Developed by focused shutterbugs, this museum exposes visitors to more than 6,000 different cameras.

Monticello's Vegetable Garden and Fruitery

Charlottesville, Virginia

Monticello's Vegetable Garden and Fruitery

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

The Raven Room

Charlottesville, Virginia

The Raven Room

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

Ix Art Park

Charlottesville, Virginia

Ix Art Park

An abandoned textile mill that is now home to art and concerts.

Grave marker of Able Seacat Simon

London, England

Ilford Animal Cemetery

3,000 family pets and military animals are buried in this London graveyard.

Giant Needle and Button

New York, New York

Giant Needle and Button

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

Known as a "Zip Tube" this carries the book requests down to the stacks many floors below.

New York, New York

Pneumatic System of the New York Public Library

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

The wooden escalators at Macy's are almost 100 years old.

New York, New York

Macy's Wooden Escalators

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

Deno's Wonder Wheel

Brooklyn, New York

Deno's Wonder Wheel

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

Fearless Girl Statue

New York, New York

Fearless Girl Statue

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

The original Winnie the Pooh & Pals.

New York, New York

The Real Winnie the Pooh & Pals

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Looking across the Hudson River towards New Jersey, at night

New York, New York

The High Line

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Eunice Williams covered bridge

Greenfield, Massachusetts

Eunice Williams Covered Bridge

Locals say Williams' ghost still haunts the place where she was murdered.

Retreat Tower

Brattleboro, Vermont

Retreat Tower

Designed as a place for patients to take in the scenery, this tower has a dark history.

Great Falls, Virginia

McLean, Virginia

Patowmack Canal

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

Dennis Severs' House

England

Dennis Severs' House

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

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