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World's Largest Ball of Stamps in Boys Town, Nebraska
With the advent of email in modern society, stamps and other traditional mail paraphernalia are slowly phasing out of use.While the use of the stamp is slowly fading out of existence, there's still...
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The Times Square Hum in New York, New York
Part art installation, part social experiment, this strange sound in the middle of Times Square is not to be missed--even though it's missed every day.Times Square has a few very noticeable features....
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Kundasang War Memorial in Ranau, Malaysia
"I'm dreaming of Australia, the land we left behind...," These are the despairing words carved into black stone at the Kundasang War Memorial and Gardens, one of the first memorials created to remember...
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Stevenson Bridge in Winters, California
The Stevenson Bridge, known colloquially as the Graffiti Bridge, is one of only three bridges in California built in the overhead tie arch style, and it is completely covered in brightly-colored...
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Linda Vista Hospital in Los Angeles, California
Opened in 1909 by the Santa Fe Railroad to serve its employees, the Moorish-style medical facility was a welcome sight in Boyle Heights.Razed and rebuilt in 1924, the Santa Fe Coast Line Hospital was...
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Broken Hill Sculpture Symposium in Broken Hill, Australia
At the top of Sundown Hill, twelve sandstone sculptures stand against the vivid sunsets of the Living Desert Sanctuary.These iconic symbols of the Australian Outback were created by twelve different...
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Lake Valley Historic Townsite in Lake Valley, New Mexico
Lake Valley officially became a ghost town after its last resident wandered off in 1994.Unlike today, in 1876 this town was full of hustle. After finding silver deposits in the land, a bustling mine...
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National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is an oasis in the desert where no one sleeps, and every vice you can imagine is available--for the right price. But debauchery and hedonism are the lighter side of a more ominous history.The...
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The House Without Stairs - Maison Sans Escalier in Saint-Etienne, France
Nothing seems to distinguish the two buildings situated on the 54 and 56 Boulevard Daguerre that seem to blend like chameleons into the urban landscape of Saint Etienne.But the two constructions known...
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Worcester State Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts
As this once-proud mental health facility ages and succumbs to demolition, new plans rise in its wake. But much of the history and intrigue that belonged with the ruins are being lost.Worcester State...
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Monjuich Cemetery in Barcelona, Spain
Over 152,000 people are buried at the Monjuich Cemetery.Opened in March of 1883, Manjuich is the biggest cemetery in Barcelona. In the 19th century when Barcelona began to rapidly outgrow its...
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Brooklyn Superhero Supply Store in Brooklyn, New York
The Brooklyn Superhero Supply Store is exactly what it sounds like......or is it?The store stocks all manner of eccentric equipment and merchandise for a crime-fighting customer base. From canned...
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Steinway Piano Factory in Astoria, New York
Deep in Astoria, Queens, sits the Steinway Piano Factory, one of the last remaining structures from the old Steinway Village.Built in 1872 by the Steinway family to serve their rising piano empire,...
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Witley Wonder Underwater Ballroom in Witley, England
...it was called an "Underwater Ballroom", but in reality it was a subterranean smoking room built beneath a roof aquarium. Either way, it was spectacular, like everything else on Whitaker Wright's...
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Hotel Ještěd in Liberec, Czech Republic
Czech architect Karel Hubáček is responsible for the retro-futuristic tower rising over 300 ft above majestic Ještěd mountain.The building itself has a futuristic flare (or at least "the future"...
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Higgins Armory Museum in Worcester, Massachusetts
Created from one man's private collection of arms and armor, Higgins Armory was opened in one of the country's first all glass and steel buildings in the USA in 1931. Second only to The Met's medeval...
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Playtower in Bartlesville, Oklahoma
With a spiral staircase and spherical top, the Playtower was inspired by both the space age and the continuous 360 degrees of the Mobius strip. The Playtower was designed by midcentury architect Bruce...
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McPherson and Rutherford Physics Collections in Montreal, Canada
"All science is either physics or stamp collecting." - E. RutherfordThe Rutherford Museum contains a collection of the actual apparatus created and used to study radioactivity by Ernest Rutherford, a...
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Donner Party Artifacts in Truckee, California
“Remember, never take no cut-offs and hurry along as fast as you can” -Sage advise to the Donner Party, before leaving for CaliforniaIn the winter of 1846-1847 a band of wagon train pioneers became...
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Sidewalk Subway Map in Manhattan, New York
Tourists get a bad rep in NYC.Sure, they've got their maps out on the street and seem to constantly look up instead of walk on busy sidewalks. But we have to give them a little credit since they have...
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