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Puget Sound, Washington, United States
Washington State Ferries
“Public Puzzle: Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Begin.”
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Brown
Wood, brick, and a variety of construction materials often employ brown as a base color. This collection showcases some of the best browns around.
Stockholm, Sweden
C14 Metro Car
The Stockholm Metro is famously good-looking. In fact, it has been called "the world's longest art gallery".
Felicity, California, United States
Church on the Hill
A Parisian skydiver, a staircase from the Eiffel Tower, and a storybook church on a hill—welcome to Felicity, the desert town where whimsy meets wonder.
Budapest, Hungary
Budapest Children’s Railway
This educational institution originated in the USSR in 1932, but the largest system resides in Budapest where children ages 10-14 learn about railway professions.
Devon, United Kingdom
Dartmouth Steam Railway
These beach huts line a portion of the seven-mile coastal route of this historic steam train between Devon and Paignton, U.K.
New York, New York, United States
Gramercy Typewriter Co.
Clicking into a begone era.
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Wrangell, Alaska, United States
Post Office
The post office for the tiny town of Wrangell, Alaska features an epic mural installed in 1944.
Washington, D.C., United States
Arts and Industries Building
Designed to be perfectly symmetrical, this building is the second oldest building of the Smithsonian Museum.
Burgenstock, Switzerland
Hammetschwand Lift
The highest exterior elevator in Europe lifts passengers 153 meters up to the summit in under 60 seconds.
Leeds, United Kingdom
Bramley Baths
This is the last remaining of eight public Edwardian baths built in Leeds between 1899 and 1904.
Moritzburg, Saxony, Germany
Schloss Moritzburg
This German castle contains the most valuable collection of hunting trophies in Europe and possibly the world.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Bachelors Barge Club
This boathouse is one of a group on historic Boathouse Row in Philadelphia - home to the oldest operating boathouse in the United States.
Kingston Upon Hull, United Kingdom
Beverley Road Baths
This Hull, England public bath lives on Beverly Road, a major thoroughfare in Kingston upon Hull. It continues to stand while other similar-era buildings are being lost to time and neglect.
Saint-Benoit-du-Lac, Quebec, Canada
Saint Benedict Abbey
Founded in 1912 and raised to the rank of Abbey in 1952, this place of meditation in Quebec, Canada is best known for the architects who designed it.
London, United Kingdom
Morris Minor Traveller
This two-door saloon and tourer is the first British car to sell over a million motors. It was created by the same auto designer that built the original Mini.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Tripoli Shrine Temple
This temple, inspired by the Taj Mahal, is the first Shriner's Temple in Wisconsin and one of the best examples of Moorish Revival architecture in the U.S.
San Jose, Costa Rica
Central Market
This market in Costa Rica's largest city is one of the oldest buildings in the capital, dating back to 1880.
Hellnar, Iceland
Hellnar Church
Despite its remote location, locals continue to gather here each Sunday, a testament to the community’s enduring spirit.
Oslo, Norway
Nasjonalgalleriet
Scheduled to open in 2021, this Oslo museum will become the largest in the Nordic countries with over 5,000 works on display in a 10,000m2 exhibition area.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Urquiza Line
Originally named "Tramway Rural," this railway opened by two brothers in 1888 with horse-drawn cars, but converted to electric power in 1908.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Drumsheugh Baths
Popular in Victorian Scotland, this Mediterranean-style bath still features "traveling rings" and a trapeze - entertaining ways to travel from one end of the pool to the other.
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Milan, Italy
Teatro alla Scala
Founded in 1778 and regarded as one of the leading opera and ballet theaters in the world
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Lake Orta, Italy
Navigazione Lago D’orta
Passenger service boats struggled on this Italian lake for decades until Italy's national rowing championship was held here in 1910.
Los Angeles, California, United States
Union Station
Opened with great fanfare in 1939, this train station in Los Angeles remains one of the busiest in the western U.S.
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Deckers, Colorado, United States
Camp Shady Brook
Now a YMCA youth camp, this Colorado forest retreat was once the homestead of a large and enterprising family.
Cesena, Italy
Teatro Alessandro Bonci
Named after Cesena's famed opera singer, the Alessandro Bonci Theatre in Italy has been carefully preserved for the last century.
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Chicago Athletic Association
This former Chicago sports club counts William Wrigley among its founding members. Wrigley based the Cubs' logo on the CAA's C-shaped logo design.
Seattle, Washington, United States
Seattle-Bremerton Ferry
Once called the "Navy Yard route", this ferry route was originally served by steamships and steamboats.
Waterville, Pennsylvania, United States
Little Pine State Park
This Pennsylvania park's logging operations ceased one hundred years after settlers John and James English built the area's first sawmills in 1809.
Washington, D.C., United States
The Barrington
This D.C. home is one of the 370 models sold as a kit home in the Sears catalog during the early 20th century.
Milan, Italy
Pinacoteca di Brera
One of the first and most important museums in Milan, housing over 400 works from the 14th to the 20th century by master painters.
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Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada
Cabin in Whitehorse
This minimalist Canadian cabin-in-the-woods has been occupied by the same tenant for 15 years.
Palm Springs, California, United States
Palm Springs Art Museum
This pair of chairs sits within the modernist Palm Springs Art Museum. The space exists to showcase regional arts, natural sciences, and host live performances.
Adirondack Park, New York, United States
Adirondack Park
Nearly destroyed by the logging industry, this mountainous region of New York state is now a thriving recreation area.