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Horseshoe Bend

Page, Arizona
Lightning Field

The Lightning Field

Quemado, New Mexico
Upper canyon. (Wikimedia Commons)

Antelope Canyon

Page, Arizona
The brine pool's "shore" and surface ripples beneath the Gulf of Mexico.

Undersea Brine Lake

kannapolis, Mexico

Sun Tunnels

Utah

Red Hook Warehouse

Brooklyn, New York
Tunnel Entrance

Freedom Tunnel

New York, New York
Aerojet-General Rocket Factory. (David Schneider/Someplace Else)

Aerojet-General Rocket Factory

Florida
Phantom Ship Rock

Crater Lake

Crater National Park, Oregon

Flintstones Bedrock City

Valle, Arizona
Nepenthes pitcher plants - beautiful killers

San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers

San Francisco, California

The Museum of Jurassic Technology

Los Angeles, California
Dr. Mega Volt in the Palace of Fine Arts dome, Nov 2009

Exploratorium

San Francisco, California

Youngwood Court

Los Angeles, California
Photograph of a person standing in the middle of Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty in rural Utah by Michael David Murphy

The Spiral Jetty

Corinne, Utah
Old fountain from the Zzyzx Mineral Springs and Health Resort

Zzyzx Mineral Springs and Healing Center

Zzyzx, California

Greenpoint Savings Bank

Brooklyn, New York
One of the more recognizable landmarks of the 500 acre reserve

Storm King Art Center

New Windsor, NY

Cadillac Ranch

Amarillo, Texas
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Eureka Dunes

Death Valley, California

Watts Towers

Los Angeles, California

Garden of Fragrance

San Francisco, California

San Francisco's Pet Cemetery

San Francisco, California

Anza Borrego Desert View Tower

Jacumba, California

The Dore Vase

San Francisco, California
Bombay Beach, California. (Wikimedia Commons)

Bombay Beach

Bombay Beach, California

Greenpoint Terminal Market

Brooklyn, New York
Interior, Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels

Los Angeles, California
Gold Rush Steakhouse at the Madonna Inn

Madonna Inn

San Luis Obispo, California

Santa Monica Camera Obscura

Santa Monica, California

Salton Sea

Salton, California

The Highline

New York City, New York
Stones and Henge, respectively.

Stonehenge World Heritage Site

Salisbury, England

Center for Land Use Interpretation

Culver City, California

The New York Earth Room

New York City, New York

Hamtramck Disneyland

Hamtramck, Michigan

Three Gems

San Francisco, California
(WikiCommons)

Strawberry Fields Memorial

New York, NY

Flushing Meadows Corona Park

Queens, New York
The spiritual center at the Unarius Academy of Science in downtown El Cajon, California.

Unarius Academy of Science

El Cajon, California
Slab City sign

Slab City California

Niland, California
A pile of donated paint outside of Salvation Mountain.

Salvation Mountain

Niland, California
Front page of the New York Times.

Park Slope Plane Crash

Brooklyn, New York
Crystal Cathedral, designed by Philip Johnson: Interior, world's third largest organ features 16,000 pipes.

Crystal Cathedral

Garden Grove, California

Evolution Nature Store

New York City, New York

Kissing Rock

Pacific Grove, California
Edinburgh's oldest purpose built visitor attraction, The Camera Obscura on the Royal Mile

Camera Obscura & World of Illusions

Edinburgh, Scotland

The Winchester Mystery House

San Jose, California

Michigan Theatre

Detroit, Michigan
The San Francisco Cable Car Museum lives in a beautiful brick building on Masonic street.

San Francisco's Cable Car Museum

San Francisco, California
One of the 27 dishes of the Very Large Array

The Very Large Array

Between Magdalena and Datil, New Mexico
Spruce Tree House - March 2010

Mesa Verde National Park

Colorado

The Sailing Stones of Racetrack Playa

Death Valley National Park, California

Devils Golf Course Landscape

Death Valley National Park, California
The remains of the Dominator in 2007.

The Dominator Shipwreck

Palos Verdes Estates, California

Banff Springs Hotel

Banff, Canada

41 Cooper Square

Manhattan, New York
A street in the close.

Mary King's Close

Edinburgh, Scotland

Blythe Intaglios

Blythe, California

Galleta Meadows Estate

Borrego Springs, California

Yuma Territorial Prison

Yuma, Arizona

Eastern State Penitentiary

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Marfa Lights

Marfa, Texas
The Peace Fountain

The Peace Fountain at Cathedral of St. John the Divine

New York

Maxilla & Mandible

New York, New York
The panels with information about the lighthouse.

Jeffrey's Hook Light

New York, New York
Bottom of the station

Angels Flight

Los Angeles, California

Helios House

Los Angeles, California

Clocktower Gallery and Machinery Room

New York City, New York

Old Faithful Geyser

Yellowstone, Wyoming

Heidelberg Project

Detroit, Michigan

Mütter Museum

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Grande Ballroom

Grande Ballroom

Detroit, Michigan
The Broken Kilometer

Broken Kilometer

New York City, New York
Sunrise at the Queens panorama

A Panorama View of New York City

Queens, New York

Greenpoint Oil Spill

Brooklyn, New York

The Noguchi Museum

Queens, New York

Pulaski Bridge

New York, New York

Grand Central Terminal Whispering Gallery

New York, New York

Crabs of Cleopatra’s Needle

New York City, New York

Morning Glory Pool

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
The largest fragment discovered from the meteorite that formed Meteor Crater

Meteor Crater

Winslow, Arizona
Cabazon Dinosaurs. Dinny the Dinosaur.

Cabazon Dinosaurs

Cabazon, California

Carlsbad Caverns

Carlsbad, New Mexico
The derelict interior of Michigan Central Station.

Michigan Central Station

Detroit, Michigan
(Flickr/suezsue)

Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters

New York, NY
Amphitheater at Bryce Canyon National Park

Bryce Canyon

Utah

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

Utah

Japanese Tea Garden

San Francisco, California

Women's Federation Monument

Closter, New Jersey
The Sundew uses hundreds of sticky dewdrops to catch bugs

Carnivorous Plants at the Huntington Gardens

San Marino , California

The American Visionary Art Museum

Baltimore, Maryland
Cajon Pass on Route 66 (Flickr/JoulesVintage)

Summit Inn Restaurant

Oak Hills, California
Scotty's Castle at Sunset

Scotty's Castle

Death Valley National Park, California

Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital

New York, New York
Tufa tower on south shore of Mono Lake

Mono Lake

Lee Vining, California

Ghost Trees of Pescadero Point

Pebble Beach, California

City

Garden Valley, Nevada
The old general store

Rhyolite ghost town

Rhyolite, Nevada

Venice of America Canals

Venice, CA

San Diego Model Railroad Museum

San Diego, California
One entrance to the park. (National Park Service)

Petrified Forest National Park

Arizona
GAR Building.

Castle in Downtown Detroit

Detroit, Michigan
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Aurland Lookout

Aurland, Norway
Jospeh F. Lizzadro, Sr. holding a 675 carat blue topaz

Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art

Elmhurst, Illinois

Chapultepec Castle

Mexico City, Mexico

Salt Lake City Public Library

Salt Lake City, Utah

San Francisco Columbarium

San Francisco, California

Nikumaroro

Nikumaroro, Kiribati

Barker Ranch

Death Valley, California
Krblin Jihn Kabin. (Discover Kymaerica)

Krblin Jihn Kabin

Joshua Tree, California
Longleat Maze and a viewing bridge

Longleat Hedge Maze

Warminster, England

Amargosa Opera House

Death Valley Junction, California
Effulgence of the North

Velaslavasay Panorama

Los Angeles, California

Concrete Parthenon

Nashville, Tennessee

Laerdal Tunnel

Laerdal, Norway
(Visit Philly)

Museum of Mourning Art

Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania
Photo courtesy of Michael John Grist

The Queen Chateau Soapland

Mito, Japan

Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death

Baltimore, Maryland
Courtesy of Michael John Grist

The Pearl Love Hotel

Mito, Japan

Mammoth Cave

Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
Great Blue Hole

Great Blue Hole

Belize

Mercer Museum and Fonthill Castle

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Lechuguilla Cave

Carlsbad, New Mexico
Phantom Ship Rock

Crater Lake

Crater National Park, Oregon

The Bone Room

Berkeley, California

The Silver Swan

Barnard Castle, County Durham, Scotland
Lake Merritt Bonsai Garden Entry

Lake Merritt's Bonsai Garden

Oakland, California

Lotta's Fountain

San Francisco, California

Skeletons in the Closet

Los Angeles, California

Stavanger Cathedral

Stavanger, Norway
Fort Jefferson

Dry Tortugas

Key West, Florida

Antelope Island on The Great Salt Lake

Syracuse, Utah
The Canada France Hawaii Telescope.

Mauna Kea

Hilo, Hawaii

Dean's Blue Hole

Bahamas

Burro Schmidt Tunnel

Mojave Dessert, California
Intuit's main gallery. (Intuit)

Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art

Chicago, Illinois
A small group stands as close as they dare

Big Island Lava Flow

Kalapana, Hawaii
Jean Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center

Jean Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center

Noumea, New Caledonia

Our Lady of Lourdes Church

Minneapolis, Minnesota
50-foot waterfalls flow into Hamilton Pool, adding to the natural spring during the wet season.

Hamilton Pool

Austin, Texas

Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum

Key West, Florida

Kolmanskop Ghost Town

Luderitz, Namibia

Virgin Falls Pocket Wilderness

Sparta , Tennessee

Floating Mesa

Amarillo, Texas
(Flickr/Juan Barrios)

Soumaya Museum

Mexico City, Mexico

Erotic Erosion: The Recumbent Effigy of Victor Noir

Paris, France
Mark McCloud in his element at the Institute of Illegal Images.

Institute of Illegal Images

San Francisco, California

The Thing

benson /Dragoon, Arizona
Dead Vlei

Dead Vlei

Namibia

H.A.A.R.P.

Gakona, Alaska
Courtesy the House of Automata

The House of Automata

Nr Inverness, Scotland
(Flickr/mrjerz)

The Republic of Molossia

Dayon, Nevada

Kjeragbolten

Lysefjorden, Norway
Old fountain from the Zzyzx Mineral Springs and Health Resort

Zzyzx Mineral Springs and Healing Center

Zzyzx, California

Abandoned Henry River Mill Village

Ashville, North Carolina
The "Basket" Tree was woven together from six separate sycamore trees.

Gilroy Gardens

Gilroy, California

Salar de Maras

Cuzco , Peru

Vigeland Sculpture Park

Oslo, Norway
Glacier cave underneath the Nigardsbreen, Jostedalsbreen, Norway.

Nigardsbreen Ice Cave

Norway

Pumpkin Spring Pool

Littlefield, Arizona
The Hanging Garden as it appears in the church.

Hanging Garden

Cincinnati, Ohio
(Justus Hayes/Shoes on Wires/shoesonwires.com/Flickr)

Riverview Hospital

Coquitlam, Canada
Gallstones

Urology Museum

Linthicum, Maryland

LaLaurie Mansion

New Orleans, Louisiana

Salton Sea History Museum

Mecca, California

Mercer Caverns

Murphys, California

Miami Circle

Miami, Florida

University of Arizona Mathematical Models Collection

Tucson, Arizona

The Holy Finger of Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri
Vizcaya: eastern view from Biscayne Bay. (Wikimedia Commons)

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

Miami, Florida
Paxton Gate Exterior

Paxton Gate

San Francisco, California

Trolltunga

Odda, Norway
(Flickr/Corscri Daje Tutti! [Cristiano Corsini])

Lofoten Temperature Anomalies

Røst, Norway
The cabin in its current form has existed since 1933, when it first doubled as a home and museum. Portions and versions of it existed up to 40 years earlier

Fossil Bone Cabin

Medicine Bow, Wyoming
Albion Castle from the front of the property

Albion Castle

San Francisco, California
Niagara Falls Aerocar

Niagara Falls Spanish Aerocar

Niagara Falls, Canada
Photo from 1998

Yerba Buena Torpedo Storehouse

San Francisco, California
The Whaley House, which served as a county courthouse and theater, is open to the public all year. (Alyx Sariol/Atlas Obscura)

Whaley House

San Diego, California

Fire Survivors of the Griffith Park Merry-Go-Round

Los Angeles, California
(Flickr/DrJohnBullas)

Diavik Diamond Mine

North Slave Region, Canada

Miller Comb Museum

Homer, Alaska
Lion taxidermy in the Trophy Room

Explorers Club Headquarters

New York City, New York

Nitt Witt Ridge

Cambria, California

Ha'iku Stairs

Kaneohe, Hawaii
Gothic Rose Antiques & Collectibles.

Gothic Rose Antiques & Curiosities

Placerville, California

Lake Shore Inn

California City, California
Flickr photo by adamcnelson

Hell's Half Acre, Wyoming

Powder River, Wyoming

1906 Earthquake Fence

Point Reyes National Seashore, California
Topiary

Bunny Museum

Pasadena, California

Marie Laveau's Tomb

New Orleans, Louisiana
"Atomic" cameramen photographing atomic bomb test

Lookout Mountain Airforce Station

Los Angeles, California
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Camp Hero

Montauk, New York

Cuba's Abandoned Nuclear Plant Construction

Juragua, Cuba

Milwaukee Art Museum

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

California City: The Unbuilt Suburb

California City, California
New York Marble Cemetery

New York Marble Cemetery

New York City, New York

American Science and Surplus

Chicago, Illinois
View from the street

Defenestration

San Francisco, California
Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Museum

Noah Purifoy's Outdoor Desert Art Museum

Joshua Tree, California
An exterior shot of the Carson Mansion.

The Carson Mansion

Eureka, California

Foster's Big Horn

Rio Vista, California

Vashon Island Bike Tree

Vashon, Washington
Tuckaleechee Caverns. (Creative Commons)

Tuckaleechee Caverns

Townsend, Tennessee

The Overtoun or "Dog Suicide" Bridge

Dumbarton, Scotland

Griffith Observatory's Tesla Coil

Los Angeles, California
John M. Mossman Lock Collection. (Press photo)

John M. Mossman Lock Collection

New York, New York
Noni Olabisi. 1992.Inspired by the Rodney King Riots of 1992

Autry National Center

Los Angeles, California

Santa Monica Camera Obscura

Santa Monica, California

Arciconfraternita Santa Maria dell'Orazione e Morte

Rome, Italy
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Kondyor Massif

Yakutsk, Russia
A high dynamic range (HDR) image of the building.

Gatorland

South Bay, Florida

Centralia

Centralia, Pennsylvania
Saint Lawrence River HVDC Powerline Crossing. (Creative Commons)

Saint Lawrence River HVDC Powerline Crossing

Grondines, Canada
Interior of the Dream House

Dream House

New York, New York

International Printing Museum

Carson, California

Rat Island

Bronx, NY

Mill City Museum and site of "The Great Mill Disaster"

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Presidio Modelo

Nueva Gerona, Cuba

The Berkeley Pit

Butte, Montana
The Horn Antenna as seen today.

Holmdel Horn Antenna

Holmdel, New Jersey

Museum of Bad Art

Dedham, Massachusetts
Ornate entrance to the building.

Belle Isle Aquarium

Detroit, Michigan
Inside the dome of St. Paul's

Whispering Gallery at St. Paul’s Cathedral

London, England

The Bristlecone Pines of the Great Basin

Baker, Nevada

MoMath - The Museum of Mathematics

New York, New York
Ventura Oil Refinery. (tunnelbug/Flickr)

Ventura Oil Refinery

Ventura, California
Old Burying Ground. (Tour Beaufort)

Old Burying Ground

Beaufort, North Carolina
A partial view of the Davis Monthan Air Force Base via GoogleEarth.

309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group

Tuscon, Arizona
The logo as seen via satellite

World's Largest Coca-Cola Logo

Tarapaca, Chile
Los Angeles Hall of Records - Underground Tunnel to Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration

Underground Tunnels of Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California
Aerial view of Pigeon Key, with the partially decimated Overseas Railroad bridge running parallel to the new Seven Mile Bridge.

Overseas Railroad and Pigeon Key

Marathon, Florida

Snake Island - Ilha de Queimada Grande

Brazil
The Morbid Anatomy LIbrary

Morbid Anatomy Library

Brooklyn, New York
Concrete building at the abandoned Murphy Ranch. (Cheddar/Atlas Obscura)

Rustic Canyon's Murphy Ranch

Los Angeles, California

Paraclete XP Skyventure

Raeford, North Carolina

Hole in the Rock

Moab, Utah
Photo of Skunk Ape captured by Dave Shealy.

Skunk Ape Research Headquarters

Ochopee, Florida

The Paris Market

Savannah, Georgia
The crow's nest

The Crow's Nest at the Old Faithful Inn

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Neon Boneyard

Las Vegas, Nevada

Old Man of the Lake

Crater Lake, Oregon
Coin-Operated Orchestra Machine with Little Men Playing Bells

Musical Wonder House

Wiscasset, Maine

Obscura Antiques and Oddities

New York City, New York
Courtesy of Krystol

The Upside Forest of Mendenhall Gardens

Juneau, Alaska
(Wikimedia Commons)

Fern Canyon

Orick, California

Virginia's Natural Tunnel

Duffield, Virginia

Devil's Stomping Ground

Siler City, North Carolina

Bridge to Nowhere

Los Angeles, California
The Robert C. Bryd Green Bank telescope

Green Bank Telescope

Green Bank, West Virginia
This is the right side of the complex. From here you can see one of the few remaining structures and for some reason a city bus.

LA-88 Nike Missile Base

Chatsworth, California
A waterfall in Black Star Canyon.

Black Star Canyon

Silverado, California
Mushpot Cave is the only illuminated cave in the park. All others require flashlights, which are available to loan from the park staff. (Image credit: Scott Vandehey)

Lava Beds National Monument

Tulelake, California
Reflective whirligigs, no relation to LSD or car crashes (Flickr/Giant Sloth)

Acid Park

Wilson, North Carolina

Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex

Fort Irwin, California
Poised to go sledding at White Sands National Monument.

White Sands National Monument

Alamogordo, New Mexico
Museum of Unnatural History

Museum of Unnatural History

Washington DC
Split Globe Model

Koreshan State Historic Site

Estero, Florida
The Point Lobos Marine Exchange Lookout Station seen from the access road

Land’s End Octagon House

San Francisco, California

Queens' College Moondial

Cambridge, United Kingdom

The Domes

Casa Grande, Arizona
The mother of all burners

Niagara Science Museum

Niagara Falls, New York
The Sideshow

Hicksville Trailer Palace

Joshua Tree, California

Zymoglyphic Museum

San Mateo, California

The Wolfsonian-FIU

Miami Beach, Florida
(WikiCommons)

Bimini Road

North Bimini Island, Bahamas
Green Bank's unique location makes for an odd juxtaposition of high-powered technology and rural seclusion

Green Bank: A Town for "Wi-Fi Refugees"

Green Bank, West Virginia

Wave Rock

Coconino County, Arizona
Dig This. (Press Photo)

Dig This

Las Vegas, Nevada
Smooth, massive walls make for an intriguing surprise compared to typical cave architecture

Coconino Lava River Cave

Flagstaff, Arizona
Fixtures from the "sidewalk's" former use as a working aqueduct can still be found along the path

The Secret Sidewalk

Fremont, California

Trona Pinnacles

Trona, California
Bannerman's Castle

Bannerman's Castle

Newburgh, New York
Bell Witch Cave

The Bell Witch Cave

Adams, Tennesee
View from the Cape Florida Light.

Stiltsville

Biscayne Bay, Florida

Area 66

Yucca, Arizona

Monarch Grove Sanctuary

Pacific Grove, California

Little Finland

Mesquite, Nevada
Wildrose Charcoal Kilns. (matthigh/Flickr)

Wildrose Charcoal Kilns

California

Viktor Wynd's Little Shop of Horrors

London, England

Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village

Simi Valley, California

Skarð

Faroe Islands

Banff Springs Hotel

Banff, Canada
Metropolitan Waterworks Museum.

Metropolitan Waterworks Museum

Boston, Massachusetts
Solar Two

Solar One and Solar Two

Daggett, California

The Salt Palace

Grand Saline, Texas
Shakaden temple

Shakaden Reiyukai Temple

Minato, Japan

National Museum of Health and Medicine

Washington, District of Columbia

Howe Caverns

Howes Cave, New York
A rusty and overgrown iron gate silently marks the entrance to this hidden wonder.

The Glen

Strandhill, Ireland
View of Masstransiscope

Masstransiscope

Brooklyn, New York

The Barnes Foundation

Merion, PA
Medieval Clock at Salisbury Cathedral. (Wikimedia Commons)

Medieval Clock at Salisbury Cathedral

Salisbury, England

Titan Missile Museum

Sahuarita, Arizona
The Black Hole front entrance

Black Hole of Los Alamos

Los Alamos, New Mexico
(Flickr/meckert75)

Maho Beach

Saint Martin

Last Tree of Ténéré

Ténéré, Niger

Urban Ore

Berkeley, California

Allerton Castle

Knaresborough, England
The former columns of the U.S. Capitol date from 1829. (Leah Caldwell/Atlas Obscura)

National Capitol Columns

Washington, District of Columbia
The sign welcoming visitors to the Red Rock National Conservation Area.

Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area

Las Vegas, Nevada
"Tending, (Blue)" by James Turrell at the Nasher Sculpture Center.

Dallas Skyspace

Dallas, Texas

Loyalton, The Loneliest Town in America

Loyalton, California
108 years and counting.

Centennial Bulb

Livermore, California
Cat boxes on Commercial

Commercial Street Cat Village

Brooklyn, New York

Unclaimed Baggage Center

Scottsboro, Alabama
The Lost Sea. (Creative Commons)

Lost Sea

Sweetwater, Tennessee

Hana Lava tube

Maui, Hawaii
George Air Force Base. (Benedict Siegel/Atlas Obscura)

George Air Force Base

Victorville, California

Palomar Observatory

Palomar Mountain, California

Boiling Lake

Morne Trois Pitons National Park, Dominica
As viewed from the west, from the Washington Avenue Bridge. (Wikimedia Commons)

Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Going-to-the-Sun Road

Glacier National Park, Montana
Dutch (North) Windmill from the beach.

Dutch Windmill

San Francisco, California

Cassadaga

Caddadaga, Florida
Due to changing hands and responsibilities throughout the years, the lighthouse has fallen into disrepair.

Pigeon Point Lighthouse

Pescadero, California
The Peace Fountain

The Peace Fountain at Cathedral of St. John the Divine

New York

Sand Mountain

Dixie Valley, Nevada
The dome is visible from the air--a perfect circle concealing something darker.

Cactus Dome

Runit Island, Marshall Islands
Big Rig Jig. (Creative Commons)

Big Rig Jig

Nevada

Clifton's Cafeteria

Los Angeles, California
Long abandoned house flooded by the landslide in Spanish Fork Canyon that made Thistle, Utah a ghost town several years ago.

Thistle Ghost Town

Thistle, Utah

Horsetail Fall's Fire Fall

Yosemite National Park, California
Methuselah Grove

Methuselah Tree

California
Treasure Island as seen from Yerba Buena Island

Treasure Island

San Francisco, California

The Renaissance Society

Chicago, Illinois

The Southern California Medical Museum

Riverside, California

The VLT - Very Large Telescope

Atacama Desert, Chile

Bradbury Building

Los Angeles, California

Berkeley Car House

Berkeley, California
Rubel Castle

Rubel Castle

Glendora, California
View of the tower in 2012

Yerba Buena Tower

San Francisco, California

Old Zoo Picnic Area

Los Angeles, California

Chicago Temple

Chicago, Illinois

The Arab Room at Cardiff Castle

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Arecibo Observatory

Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Hanging Lake

Hanging Lake

Glenwood Springs, Colorado

Old Faithful Geyser

Yellowstone, Wyoming

Mitchell Park

Greenport, New York

Paulding Light

Paulding, Michigan

Atlantic Avenue Tunnel

Brooklyn, New York
Chocolate Waterfall at the Candy Basket

Chocolate Waterfall

Portland, Oregon

City Hall Station

New York, New York
Lucy

Lucy the Elephant

Margate, New Jersey
Cinespia cemetery screening at Hollywood Forever

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Hollywood, California
International Banana Club Museum

International Banana Club Museum

Mecca, California

Clifton's Gates of Hell

Clifton, New Jersey

Forestiere Underground Gardens

Fresno, California

Natural History building, National Museum of Ireland

Dublin 2, Ireland

Lummis Castle el Alisal

Los Angeles, California

Morris Museum

Morristown, New Jersey
The Blue Mustang.

Blue Mustang

Denver, Colorado
(Flickr/Ilona_68)

Svartifoss

Iceland

Tom Mankiewicz Conservation Carousel

Los Angeles, California
(Flickr/Surf Cologic)

Jokulsárlón

Hofn, Iceland
The menagerie is beautifully detailed and in wonderful repair following restoration

Golden Gate Park Vintage Carousel

San Francisco, California

Icelandic Phallological Museum

Reykjavík, Iceland
From their website: view of the store as you walk in.

Gold Bug

Pasadena, California
Remains of Riverside Hospital on North Brother Island

North Brother Island

New York City, New York

Highgate Cemetery

London, England

Farnam House

Santa Monica, California
The Brooklyn Old Trolley Cars on the Beard Street Pier. (Wikimedia Commons)

Brooklyn Old Trolley Cars

Brooklyn, New York

Gilgal Sculpture Garden

Salt Lake City, Utah

The Ozark Spooklight

Joplin Hornet area, Missouri

Admiral's Row

Brooklyn, New York
Deep in the forest

The Duplicative Forest

Boardman, Oregon

German Tourist Club

Mill Valley, California

McHenry Mansion

Modesto, California
Meserole Theatre Rite Aid's disco ball

Meserole Theatre

Brooklyn, New York

Morning Glory Pool

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
When the tide is out one can clearly see the concrete support

Hvítserkur

Hunafjorour, Iceland
Cat with a "mousicle," a frozen block of dead mice. (Hope/Atlas Obscura)

The Cat House

Rosamond, California
Geological Museum

Geological Museum

Copenhagen, Denmark
The largest fragment discovered from the meteorite that formed Meteor Crater

Meteor Crater

Winslow, Arizona

High Bridge

New York City, New York

Ueno Zoo Escaped Animal Drill

Tokyo, Japan
Welcome to Bodie, Ca

Bodie State Historical Park

Bodie, California
Palms shimmering off the water

Huacachina

Ica, Peru
Water Damage

Nevada County Hospital

Nevada City , California

Carlsbad Caverns

Carlsbad, New Mexico

West Side Cow Tunnels

New York, New York
Group and private baths

Bagby Hot Springs

Estacada, Oregon

Glass Flowers at Harvard Museum of Natural History

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Eastern State Hospital

Williamsburg, Virginia

Zavikon Island

Zavikon Island, Canada

Four Corners

Kingston, New York

The Great Stalacpipe Organ

Luray, Virginia

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

Utah
Echo Park Time Travel Mart.

The Echo Park Time Travel Mart

Los Angeles, California
Hilltop home, site of double murder-suicide. Photo taken by Genaro Molina of the LA Times.

Los Feliz Murder Mansion

Los Angeles, California

Drawbridge

Drawbridge, California
Exterior of The Witch's House

Spadena House

Beverly Hills, California
Ladder into the diving well

Ruins of the Sutro Baths

San Francisco, California

Mapparium

Boston, Massachusetts
A nice spot to take a break at the North End branch of the Boston Public Library

Diorama of Venetian Palace

Boston, Massachusetts

International Museum of Surgical Science

Chicago, Illinois

Fingal's Cave

Staffa, Scotland
Civic Musical Road

Civic Musical Road

Lancaster, California
At night, dwarfed by the Goldman Sachs building. (Wikimedia Commons)

The Colgate Clock

Jersey City, New Jersey
(Flickr/emilydickinsonridesabmx)

Tugboat Graveyard

Rossville, NY

The Nitrate Towns of Chile

Chile

Giant Crystals of Naica

Naica, Mexico
(Audium press photo)

Audium-Theatre of Sound-Sculptured Space

San Francisco, California

Abandoned Six Flags Amusement Park

New Orleans , Louisiana
The very gaudy dining room

The Vanderbilt Mansion in Hyde Park

Hyde Park , New York

Enchanted Forest Theme Park

Ellicott City, Maryland

Dead Pals of Sam Sanfillippo

Madison, Wisconsin
One the many bathrooms in the Mansion.

The Mansion on O Street

Washington, District Of Columbia

Sears Tower Glass Platform

Chicago, Illinois

Mescaline Grove

San Francisco, California

Prada Marfa

Valentine, Texas
Richmond Shipyards. (kedearing/Flickr)

Richmond Shipyards

Richmond, California

Dixie Square Mall

Harvey, Illinois

Great Train Graveyard

Bolivia
Outside of the store. (Loved To Death)

Loved To Death

San Francisco, California
Blue Lagoon; big-ashb/Photographer

Blue Lagoon

Grindavík, Iceland
Area 51 from above

Area 51

Rachel, Nevada

Lucia and Aristides Demetrios Wind Harp

South San Francisco, California
Tail of the Yak. (Creative Commons)

Tail of the Yak

Berkeley, California
Giant Pyramid near Nekoma, North Dakota USA - part of the Antiballistic Missile system constructed over eight years for approximately $6 Billion and operational for not more than three days. Upon closure, the giant tunnels beneath were flooded with water.

The Pyramid of North Dakota

Nekoma, North Dakota

Necromance

Los Angeles, California

The Henry Miller Memorial Library

BigSur, California

Chinoike Jigoku

Beppu, Japan
The Untermyer Memorial in Woodlawn Cemetery

Woodlawn Cemetery

New York, New York

5 Beekman Street

New York, New York

Zeum Carousel

San Francisco, California
Curio Cabinet

Museum of Natural and Other Curiosities

Hartford, Connecticut
Kinetic Steam Works. (Press Photo)

Kinetic Steam Works

Oakland, California
Integratron, exterior

The Integratron

Landers, California
Phillip Johnson's Glass House. (mjkmjk/Flickr)

Phillip Johnson's Estate

New Canaan, Connecticut

The Stonework of Machu Picchu

Urubamba Valley, Peru

Wagner Free Institute

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photo Courtesy of Michael John Grist

Akeno Gekijo: Ruined Japanese Stripclub

Mito, Japan

Giant Rock

landers, California

Curtain of Fire

Hawai'i Island, Hawaii
The Vanderbilt mansion in Hyde Park NY

The Hyde Park Vanderbilt Mansion

Hyde Park , New York

Devil's Postpile National Monument

Mammoth Lakes, California
The 1717 Reformed Church of New Paltz.

Huguenot Street

New Paltz , New York
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Eureka Dunes

Death Valley, California
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Eureka Dunes

Death Valley, California
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