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Warnerville, New York

Peter Shulman's War

One sculptor's lifelong war game is the largest and longest running miniature campaign in history.
Josh Added by Josh
Richfield Springs, New York

Petrified Creatures Museum of Natural History

This roadside dinosaur park offered up lumpy neon thunder lizards in the name of kitsch and education.
kellyandeath Added by kellyandeath
Bermuda

The Abandoned Royal Navy Commander's House

The abandoned Bermudian home of a British naval leader is surrounded by crumbling sporting fields and the graves of convicts.
Luke J Spencer Added by Luke J Spencer
Bermuda

Royal Navy Docks

Once a strategically imperative naval base, portions of this Bermuda dock complex now serve cruise ships.
Luke J Spencer Added by Luke J Spencer
Bermuda

Somerset Bridge

The world's smallest drawbridge.
leiris Added by leiris
Rubi, Spain

The Pools of Castellnou

Cursed swimming pool left abandoned is now a favorite of filmmakers and ghost hunters.
serflac Added by serflac
Rochester, New York

The Table That Could Talk To The Dead

The Fox Sisters, America's leading mediums in the mid-19th century, possessed a table they claimed helped them "communicate" with the dead.
Matt Blitz Added by Matt Blitz
Little Falls, New York

Beardslee Castle

Not even a series of devastating fires could keep this odd castle in upstate New York from bouncing back.
Added by chrisurich
Hudson, New York

Olana

The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.
Added by Rob
Salt Lake City, Utah

Gilgal Sculpture Garden

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.
Brooklyn, New York

The Coignet Stone Company Building

New York's oldest concrete structure is being preserved thanks to the gentrification of Whole Foods.
Added by Joseph Alexiou
Syracuse, New York

Niagara Mohawk Building

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.
amboy Added by amboy
Jamesville, New York

Skytop Quarry

Abandoned rock quarry now a haven for mountain bikers and hikers.
DuckMuscle Added by DuckMuscle
Sherrill, New York

Aqua Vita Farms

Central New York's first aquaponic farm (Closed).
Leslie McIntyre Added by Leslie McIntyre
Oneida, New York

Cross Island Chapel

Possibly the smallest church in the world floats in the middle of a pond.
Madison, Wisconsin

John Muir's Alarm Clock Desk

Before he was America’s most famous preservationist, John Muir was an ingenious mechanical inventor.
Stephen J Taylor Added by Stephen J Taylor
Brisbane, Australia

The Pitch Drop Experiment

Started nearly 100 years ago, this science experiment just keeps on going, ever so slowly.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Port Royal, Jamaica

Sunken Pirate City at Port Royal

Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Middlebury, Vermont

Grave of Amum-Her-Khepesh-Ef

The Vermont grave of a 4,000-year-old mummy prince.
JWOcker Added by JWOcker
New Haven, Vermont

Grave of Timothy Clark Smith

A tomb with a window to ensure the interred wasn't buried alive.
JWOcker Added by JWOcker
Bermuda

Cooper's Island Nature Reserve

A tropical paradise once home to space exploration and military installations.
Added by sebruhns
Bermuda

The Unfinished Church

Storms, funding, and in-fighting have kept this Bermuda church from ever being completed.
Ella Morton Added by Ella Morton