Factories

An icon of International Style architecture on the outskirts of Rotterdam.

A unique Soviet mosaic preserved on the facade of a shoe factory in Lviv.

One of the first commercially successful anthracite-powered iron-making operations in North America.

This historic textile mill has been repurposed as a shopping outlet, which houses a textile museum that celebrates its industrial past.

A bronze sculpture of a monkey sits outside this factory, which has made an anise-flavored liqueur for over 150 years.

This snack factory boasts several tributes to its popular line of rice crackers, including a quasi-shrine.

The former home of the oldest nail maker in the United States was built on the ashes of a mill burned by the British.

The first mechanized factory in Spain is also one of the most significant mints in the history of money.

The world's first jet-powered aircraft were assembled by the Germans in this secret factory in the forest during WWII.

The ruins of a military-industrial complex now host concerts and more.

A former factory now pays tribute to a local industry fueled by sardines.

The oldest continuously operating mint in the world that has been making coins since the 9th-century.

Hidden in the forest are the crumbling, graffiti-covered remains of the factory where most of Germany's explosives were produced during World War II.

These ruins have been linked to a sherbet factory that exploded, but the story may be entirely fictional.

The last of three massive blast furnaces that were once at the foundation of the Port of Sagunto economy.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."