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Fargo, North Dakota, United States

Fargo Theatre

This Art Deco icon of downtown Fargo, North Dakota opened in 1926.

Dublin, Ireland

Hugh Lane Gallery

The gallery’s interior once held the first public collection of impressionist paintings in the UK while its entrance tells the story of Georgian architecture.

Sydney, Victoria, Australia

Lake Wendouree

Colorful boat houses dot this man-made lake that was once a swamp in Victoria, Australia.

London, United Kingdom

Osterley Park

An 18th century remodel turned this 16th century London manor house into a unique and unusual work of art.

Surakarta City, Central Java, Indonesia

Surakarta Hadiningrat Royal Palace

Built in 1744, this ornate palace in Central Java, Indonesia is believed to be guarded by magical powers (in addition to the human guards).

Warsaw, Poland

Palace of Culture and Science

As notable high-rise in Warsaw this building stands at 237 meters high, making it the tallest building in Poland.

Bay Lake, Florida, United States

Walt Disney World

This unassuming, vintage snack corner resides in one of the most iconic theme parks in the world attracting over 60 million guests annually.

Edinburgh, Scotland

Glenogle Baths

This public pool in Edinburgh, Scotland was opened to promote good hygiene, but survived as a century-old testament to Victorian style.

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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.

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Berlin, Germany

Stadtbad Lichtenberg

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

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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

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.

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.

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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.

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South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Figaro

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