Hanksville, Utah
Hollow Mountain
At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.
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Hanksville, Utah
At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.
Cloquet, Minnesota
The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.
Shamrock, Texas
Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.
Borgo Valsugana, Italy
An open-air museum in a mountain valley features works designed to blend in with—and disintegrate back into—their natural surroundings.
Innsbruck, Austria
Archduke Ferdinand II's collection of rare objects is considered one of the oldest museums in the world.
Innsbruck, Austria
Devilish masks, handicrafts, and pieces of old buildings create a snapshot of life in a historic Alpine region.
Kaltenbach, Austria
Part ski resort, part modern art space, this lodge brings giant metal spiders and bloody doors to the Austrian Alps.
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Grand architectural relics gain a new life in this Pennsylvania warehouse.
Ōme, Japan
A collection of nostalgic items from the Showa era with an exhibit on the local ghost story of the Snow Woman.
Chicago, Illinois
The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.
Chicago, Illinois
One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.
Grimsby, Ontario
The Painted Ladies of Ontario aren’t your average beach homes.
Taos, New Mexico
Three witches are said to be buried beneath these unmarked concrete graves.
Mexico City, Mexico
A small building that loosely resembles a tooth is appropriately used as a dentist office.
Derby, England
A public art project to commemorate a tumultuous period in Derby's history.
Wamego, Kansas
During the 1990's nearly all of the world's LSD is thought to have come from the operators of the lab once located in this missile silo.
Cody, Wyoming
One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.
Metropolis, Illinois
You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.
Cairo, Illinois
A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.
Waterbury, Connecticut
A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.
Marble Falls Township, Arkansas
A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.
Millbrook, Alabama
The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.