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London, United Kingdom

Barbican Launderette

This 1970s London launderette, owned by the same family for almost 50 years, resides in an estate built back up from bombings during World War II.

Dorset, United Kingdom

Weymouth Harbor

This harbor has been a working port since 1347.

Willaston, United Kingdom

Hadlow Road Railway Station

Once a bustling railway station, this structure in Cheshire, England is now a visitor center in Wirral Country Park.

Edinburgh, Scotland

Portobello Swim Centre

This Victorian venue offers Edinburgh's only authentic and publicly available Turkish baths, one of three remaining in the country.

Berlin, Germany

Stadtbad Lichtenberg

Shuttered since 1991, this historic pool in Berlin was built to support sanitation efforts during the Industrial Revolution.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Chateau Laurier

Opened in 1912, the Chateau Laurier has hosted guests and events in the heart of Ottawa for more than a century.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Moseley Road Baths

This historic pool is attached to a library - an unusual pairing that was once quite common.

Barcelona, Spain

Hospital De Sant Pau

Now a museum and cultural center this space was a fully functioning hospital in Barcelona until 2009.

Bogota, Colombia

University of Los Andes

This olympic-sized pool is within a sports center at the first nonsectarian and non-politically affiliated university in Colombia.

Felicity, California, United States

Church on the Hill

This town, population 2, in the Yuma Desert outside Arizona is home to the Museum of History in Granite, and the "official" center of the world.

Tokyo, Japan

Japan Railways

Japan has the world’s busiest rail network, with a daily ridership of 18.5 million.

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Mannheim, Germany

Herschelbad

This German indoor pool complex was made possible with a donation by a Jewish merchant. His donation came with conditions to ensure the pools remained in public control.

Mount Rose, Grenada

Grenada Chocolate Company

Perhaps surprisingly, this building houses the only chocolate-making company in a cocoa-producing country.

Bartlesville, Oklahoma, United States

Price Tower

This eclectic copper tower designed by Frank Lloyd Wright was meant to stand in New York City, but the Great Depression resulted in it being built in the humble town of Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

Wrangell, Alaska, United States

Post Office

The post office for the tiny town of Wrangell, Alaska features an epic mural installed in 1944.

Limassol, Cyprus

Port of Limassol

This port on the coast of Cyprus in the Mediterranean Sea has an ancient tradition of shipbuilding that is expressed in its colorful fishing boats.

Leeds, United Kingdom

Bramley Baths

This is the last remaining of eight public Edwardian baths built in Leeds between 1899 and 1904.

Moscow, Russia

Moscow Cathedral Mosque

The Moscow Cathedral Mosque is the most prominent mosque in Moscow, one of only four in the metropolis.

San Vigilio di Marebbe, Italy

Riposo al Bosco

The name means, "recreation in the forest," but this family-owned hotel also offers respite from the cold in its retro bowling alley.

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.

Taipei, Taiwan

Taiwan High Speed Rail

Opened in 2007, this high speed rail system connected 90% of Taiwan's population.

Kyiv, Ukraine

Kyiv Metro

The Kyiv Metro is the backbone of Ukrainian public transport. First proposed in 1884, it was seventy-five years before its first five rapid-transit stations opened.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

British Antarctic Survey

Scientists from this research organization were the first to discover the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica.

Potsdam, Germany

Dampfmaschinenhaus

Resembling a Turkish mosque, this pumping station houses a masterpiece of mechanical engineering.

Berlin, Germany

Ernst-Reuter-Platz

This train station sits underneath Berlin's famous street, Straße des 17. Juni, birthplace of the East German uprising and host of the largest party in the world.

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.

South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Figaro

A happy little two-door convertible designed as a tribute to vintage microcars.

Shanghai, China

China Telecom

Even after the rise of cellphones and smartphones, public pay phones like this one are still available for free emergency phone calls in Shanghai.

Roseville, California, United States

Tower Theater

This historic theater is currently available to rent.

Berlin, Germany

Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark

German sports stadium that was renamed to honor a man known in Germany as the father of gymnastics.

Kirkland, Ohio, United States

Holden Arboretum

An industrial visionary bequeathed his estate to build this arboretum in Kirtland, Ohio. It is a memorial to the founder's daughter who passed away at the age of 12.

Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States

Bedford Springs Resort

This hotel is one of the last and best-preserved 19th-century resort hotels in the United States.

Hamburg, Germany

Islamic Center

This gorgeous mosque in Hamburg, Germany was the epicenter of support for the Iranian Revolution in Western Europe.

Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

Umaid Bhawan Palace

This romantic pool is within a luxury hotel that is also the sixth largest private residence in world.

Kyiv, Ukraine

National Art Museum of Ukraine

This art museum in Ukraine was opened in 1904 and is dedicated to Ukrainian art and culture.