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Bronx, New York

Van Cortlandt Park Monoliths

Small monoliths of several varieties of stone sit alongside a wooded path in the Bronx.
Gerard Nolan Added by Gerard Nolan
New Iberia, Louisiana

Lake Peigneur

A miscalculation turns a very shallow freshwater lake into a very deep saltwater lake.
Added by Beth
Chicago, Illinois

Rock N Roll McDonald's and Museum

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.
stevox Added by stevox
Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn Townhouse Secret Subway Exit

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.
Added by ekoptev
Lake Darlot, Australia

Banjawarn Station

An outback test site for the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Brooklyn, New York

Mill Basin Kosher Delicatessen

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.
HJHausman Added by HJHausman
Hancock, Maine

Pet Sematary Filming Sites

The house and graveyard used in the Stephen King spine-chiller.
JWOcker Added by JWOcker
Brooklyn, New York

Weeksville Heritage Center

Dedicated to preserving the history of free Black communities in Brooklyn and beyond.
Oliver Hong Added by Oliver Hong
Red Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador

Red Bay, Labrador

A forlorn fishing village on the coast of Labrador, full of shipwrecks and Spanish gold.
likethefox Added by likethefox
New York, New York

Berlin Wall Section

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.
Oliver Hong Added by Oliver Hong
New York, New York

The Manhattan Well Murder

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.
Michelle Added by Michelle
Staten Island, New York

Fresh Kills Landfill

One-time largest man-made structure in the world will be a park in 30 years.
atimian Added by atimian
L'Arboç, Spain

La Giralda de L’Arboç

Replica of Seville, Spains famous Giralda, a former minaret converted into a bell tower.
serflac Added by serflac
Brooklyn, New York

Red Hook Play Center

Red Hook's massive public pool, built by Robert Moses.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Santa Rosa, California

Great West End Regatta

Hand-powered race of alternative forms of transportation.
Added by aerialdomo
Brooklyn, New York

Coney Island Creek

Waterway populated with abandoned projects, including a submarine.
Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn Fire Department House on Norman Avenue

Home to first responders to Greenpoint's devastating oil fires.
kastoory Added by kastoory
Brooklyn, New York

Bomelstein's Jewelers Clock

The only surviving sidewalk clock in Brooklyn.
kastoory Added by kastoory
Brussels, Belgium

The Atomium

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Republic of Nauru

Nauru

"The country that ate itself."
stanestane Added by stanestane
Caracas, Venezuela

El Monumento a la Paz

Dr. Farid Mattar's Monument of Peace.
Mikah Added by Mikah
Valentine, Texas

Prada Marfa

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.
gabeschwartz Added by gabeschwartz
Raciborz, Poland

The Dental Museum and Mummy of Racibórz

The biggest exposition of dental equipement in Europe. And a Mummy.
San Francisco, California

Musée Mécanique

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
Added by mbison