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Colonia Fara in Genoa, Italy
Originally built by Italy's National Fascist Party to serve as a seaside resort for the country's youth, the Colonia Fara but after only achieving stuttering success as a youth resort, and being...
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Harold Warp's Pioneer Village in Minden, Nebraska
Born in the impoverished small town of Minden, Nebraska, boot-strapping businessman (and possible superhero if his name was any indication) Harold Warp worked his way from his childhood sod house to...
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Anchieta Island Correctional Institute in São Paulo, Brazil
Construction on the island prison that would come to named Anchieta Island Correctional Institute began in 1902, but by 1952 the conditions at the prison had reached a breaking point and a violent riot...
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Lock & Co. in London, United Kingdom
In 1850, Edward Coke stepped inside London's Lock & Co. haberdashery, which had already been in business for almost 200 years, and made a rather novel request.The farmer asked the hatters to devise...
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'Akaka Falls in Honomu, Hawaii
A beautiful 442-foot waterfall in the Hamakua Coast area of the Big Island of Hawaii, 'Akaka Falls carries Kolekole Stream to the rainforest floor below, and is a popular stop for tourists on the...
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The Abandoned Rockaway Beach Branch of the Long Island Railroad in Queens,...
Quietly making its way through the overgrown backyards of a Queens suburb is an abandoned elevated railroad.Built in 1877 and operated by the Long Island Railroad, the train line ran from affluent Rego...
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The Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn in Brooklyn, New York
Tucked away on DeKalb Avenue at the far end of the Fulton Street mall is one of Brooklyn's most beautiful buildings; Mowbray and Uffinger's 1908 Greco-Roman masterpiece, the Dime Savings Bank of...
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Lazaratto Quarentine Station in Tinicum Township, Pennsylvania
Considered by many to be the Ellis Island of Philadelphia, the Lazaratto Quarentine Station once inspected every person and piece of cargo washing in off the Delaware River, now, hundreds of years...
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St. Peter’s Spiritual Temple in Memphis, Tennessee
As most locals would have it, St. Peter’s Spiritual Temple, the Memphis neighborhood known to most who don't live there as "Voodoo Village," is a haunted hub of strangeness responsible for stopped cars...
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The New York and New Jersey Telephone Company Building in Brooklyn, New York
The Jay Street-Metrotech neighborhood of Brooklyn doesn't attract many architectural tourists, but hidden amongst the new high rise apartments, hotels, and budget stores of the Fulton Street mall,...
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The Deserted Village of Feltville in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
Originally settled in the early 1700s, the small village of Feltville has existed in a number of formations including a mill town, a religious community, and a mountain resort, but with each makeover...
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Redemption Rock in Princeton, Massachusetts
Resting in a forest in Massachusetts is a large, flat boulder that was once the unofficial neutral zone between early Colonial settlers and the American Indians they were quickly encroaching on, and...
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Number One, Broadway in New York, New York
The golden days of steamship travel maybe long gone, but visitors to the Citibank branch at 1, Broadway in Manhattan still have the choice to enter via either "First" or "Cabin" class. Addresses don't...
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Old Round Church in Richmond, Vermont
Sitting in the historic Vermont town of Richmond is one of the only surviving examples of a so-called "round church." While no one knows why it was built in such a unique shape, rumors and legends...
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Trinity Place Bank Vault Bar in New York, New York
Down in the heart of the New York's financial district there is a bar hidden inside an old bank vault from 1904.The basement vault at the Trinity Place bar and restaurant was originally commissioned by...
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International Towing and Recovery Museum in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Just when you think you've seen a museum dedicated to everything under the sun, you stumble across the International Towing and Recovery Museum which devotes itself to celebrating the history of towing...
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Irish Jewish Museum in Dublin, Ireland
Catholicism is rightly viewed as the dominant religious force in Ireland, sometimes to the point that it seems as though it is the exclusive belief system of the entire country. However Dublin's Irish...
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Carcross Desert in Carcross, Canada
If giants had sandboxes, what would they be like? Many children spend hours pondering this question, but you might be surprised to find that the answer lies just north of the tiny Yukon town of...
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Rincon Center Murals in San Francisco, California
The Work Projects Administration (WPA) was the source of countless classic works of American art, but their largest painted commission, the series of murals at what is now Rincon Center, was almost...
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Royal Gorge Bridge in Cañon City, Colorado
While it was once the highest bridge in the entire world, an honor now held by China's Sidu River Bridge, Colorado's Royal Gorge Bridge is still the highest bridge in America, not to mention one of the...
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