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From factories turned into parks to the preserved remains of mills and furnaces.
Forest Park, Illinois
Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.
Venice, Italy
Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.
Inyo County, California
Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.
Kong, Côte d'Ivoire
Perhaps the biggest draw to this mosque in Sierra Leone is its remote location and lack of tourists.
Södertälje, Sweden
The tennis legend became the best in the world (partly) thanks to practicing against his garage door, now on display in a museum near his childhood home.
Moab, Utah
Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.
Leba, Angola
One of Africa's windiest and most scenic roads is a national symbol of Angola.
Pécs, Hungary
12 towering statues once destined for Pécs Cathedral, now sheltering under arches.
Herve, Belgium
A Belgian town divided its water supply into six troughs, each with a specific use.
Tempe, Arizona
You’ll never see the sky the same way after visiting this art installation in Tempe.
Leadhills, Scotland
An 18th-century bell honors a manager who advocated for mineworkers.
Abilene, Kansas
Celebrating the cultural heritage of Kansas’s premier cowtown.
Richmond Hill, Ontario
This little-known telescope was the world’s second largest when it was built in 1935.
Braine-le-Comte, Belgium
The unlikely Art Deco shrine to marbrite, a vanished glass.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
From a 1930s bathing beach to a 1970s dumping ground, this stretch of Buenos Aires is now its largest and wildest reserve.
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