Buildings, like many other things, wear down over time, so it's no surprise that cities and countrysides are home to abandoned lighthouses and misused warehouses. But a rising architectural approach called adaptive reuse offers a way to give a second life to these structures.
It can offer a lot of useful solutions for the surrounding area, like low-income or student housing, community centers, or mixed-use venues. And since the industry is picking up so much steam, we at Bored Panda decided to expand one of our existing series and make a new list of some of the most surprising repurposed properties.
#1 A Beautiful Old Church Was Converted Into An Awesome Climbing Center, Retaining Original Features Like Stain Glass Windows And An Altar (Manchester Climbing Center, UK)
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#2 My Local Library Moved Into An Old Grocery Store
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#3 This Walgreens Is In An Old Bank
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#4 My Hotel Used To Be A Prison
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#5 The Place Where Julius Caesar Was Murdered Is Now A Sanctuary For Cats
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#6 My Hotel Used To Be A Prison
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#7 My Airbnb Was An Entire House Built Inside A Barn
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#8 A Supermarket In An Old Theater In Venice, Italy
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#9 One Of Our Local Libraries Moved Into An Old Marsh Supermarket
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#10 These Old Silos In Oklahoma Were Converted To A Rock Climbing Gym
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#11 This Church Has Been Converted Into A Bar
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#12 Boekhandel Dominicanen In Maastricht, The Netherlands. A Bookstore In A 13th Century Gothic Church
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#13 Former Olive Mill Turned Into Home In Italy
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#14 The Gym I Go To Is Renovating. They Knocked A Few Walls Down And Revealed It Used To Be A Hollywood Video
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#15 A Trampoline Park Inside A Former Church
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#16 I Converted A School Bus Into My House
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#17 The Underground Vault Of Maryland Trust Was One Of The Few Structures To Survive The Baltimore Fire. Today, It Is Used As A Boardroom In The Springhill Suites Hotel
The Baltimore fire of 1903 destroyed almost every building in Downtown Baltimore, causing $2.5 billon in damage.
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#18 A Grocery Store Inside A 3rd Century Roman Imperial Palace In Croatia
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#19 Dragons Den Ropes Course In Homestead Inside Of What Used To Be Mary Magdalene Church
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#20 This Old Church Has Been Converted To Self-Catering Accommodation In Scotland
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#21 The Parking Garage Turned Into 44 Apartments In Wichita, Kansas
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#22 Last Weekend I Visited The 1933 Slaughterhouse In Shanghai. The Building Has Been Converted Into A Design Hub With Cafes And Shops
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#23 La Piscine – André Diligent Art And Industrial Museum, Which Opened Its Doors On October 21, 2001, Is Installed On The Site Of The Former Art Deco Municipal Swimming Pool
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#24 Every Apartment In This Block Has Been Turned Into A Cafe Or Restaurant
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#25 These Silos Were Turned Into Apartments
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#26 Stayed In A Boeing 747 Converted To A Hostel At Arlanda Airport, Sweden (Jumbo Stay)
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#27 My Apartment For The Night In Porto, Portugal Has A Preserved 12th Century Wall And Staircase Encased In The Bedroom
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#28 Our Table At The Local Cafe Is Positioned Over A Medieval Well
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#29 This Fast Food Drive Thru Used To Be A Car Wash
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#30 The Floor In The Design Building At My College Is The Basketball Court It Used To Be
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#31 Grand Avenue Mall. The Way It Was Remade Into Apartments Turned It Into A Somewhat Surreal Space
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#32 Synagogue Turned Into A Café In Trnava, Slovakia
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#33 This Old Movie Theater Turned Into A Gym (Long Island, NY, USA - Via Colossal)
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#34 This Bar At My Hotel Used To Be A Bank Vault
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#35 This Old School NYC Subway Entrance Got Turned Into A Subway Entrance
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#36 This Is The New Life Of A Rescued And Repurposed Gothic-Arch Barn Near Manassas, VA
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#37 My Store In Houston, TX Used To Be A Movie Theater
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#38 The White House Swimming Pool [1933] To The White House Press Room [2021]
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#39 Our Local Toys "R" Us Became A Gun Store But Kept The Designs
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#40 New Business Only Removed Half Of The Old Sign. That, Or You Can Now Ink Your Kids
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#41 My Airbnb Gym Has Chandeliers
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#42 My Apartment, A Converted Church From The 1800s, On A Cold Evening In London
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#43 This Church That Has Been Converted Into A Tesco
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#44 This Massive Library In Barcelona Is Built In What Was Formerly A Water Deposit Built In 1874
The pillars and vaults, inspired by the Romans, are this large as the water was held in a pool on the roof
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#45 My University Converted A Nearby Church Into A Lecture Hall
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#46 Red Phone Box Repurposed Into A Mini-Cafe
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#47 The Carvings Around My Doorframe - 18th Century Converted Manor
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#48 Our Spirit Halloween Used To Be A Christian Bookstore, And The Signage Is Still Up
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#49 Converted A Retired Ambulance Into A Mobile Tech Repair Office
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#50 Peckham Levels, A Multistory Car Park In London, England, Converted Into A Food And Entertainment Venue By Carl Turner Architects In 2018
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#51 This Toys "R" Us Turned Into A Gun Store
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#52 Michigan Theater In Detroit. Now Turned Into A Parking Garage
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#53 Gas Station Turned Into A Plant Material Shop
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#54 Waterstones Book Shop - Bradford, West Yorkshire
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#55 Juerg Judin House, Berlin, Germany. Was Originally A Gas Station Built In The 1950s
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#56 Castle Turned Into Prison; Prison Turned Into Hotel - Oxford
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#57 This Grain Silo Converted Into A Home
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#58 Rock Climbing Gym In Old Movie Theater
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#59 From Small Reservoir To Small Home. Africa
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#60 Found This Amazing Spot In Colorado Springs. I Love Old Repurposed Buildings - The Principal's Office Brewery And Cafe. Straight Up Awesome Repurpose Of A 100-Year-Old School
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#61 From Gas Holder To Ostrava Concert Building
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#62 Het Arresthuis Is A Hotel In Roermond. The 19th-Century Building Was A Working Prison Until 2007. A 2011 Makeover Repurposed Cells Into Minimalist Chic Rooms And Suites
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#63 Original Brickwork From 1780 Preserved In A Beauty Shop
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#64 My Local Mall's Old-Timey Bank That Got Turned Into A Pinball Arcade
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#65 Former Target Turned Into A Walmart, They Painted The Target Orbs Yellow Instead Of Removing Them
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#66 Local Football Stadium Is Being Turned Into A Popup Medical Clinic
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#67 An Old British Telephone Box Which Was Decommissioned From Public Use. This One In Bath Has Been Turned Into A Flower Bed
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#68 This Phone Booth Turned Into A Fish Tank
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#69 Old Theatre Turned Into A Supermarket, The Walls Are Still Covered In Art (Venice)
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#70 Local Pub Has An Old Well Turned Into A Fish Tank
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#71 13th-Century Church Converted To A Bookstore
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#72 Vermont Converted Barn - Cozy Living Room
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#73 A Brewery In My Hometown Converted A Church Into Their Taproom/Brewery
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#74 This House Is A Converted Indoor Pool, The Basement Is The Bottom Of The Pool
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#75 Atocha Tropical Garden In Madrid, Spain. The Building Once Was The Old Train Station Before The Transportation Hub Was Expanded To Include Its High-Speed Train Links
The sprawling garden contains 7,000 plants from more than 260 species.
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#76 Dining In A Converted Train Carriage
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#77 An Old Barn Near Me Got Converted Into A McDonald's
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#78 The McDonald's Has A Retired Aircraft Repurposed As A Playground
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#79 You Can Tell That This Restaurant Used To Be Called Mango Chill
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#80 This Building Opened As The Lansdowne Picture Palace In 1914, Was Repurposed As A Nightclub In The 1950s And Is Now A Sainsbury’s Local Supermarket. Sheffield, UK
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#81 I Converted A Van Into A Home And Now Work Remotely And Travel Full-Time
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#82 Pinball Arcade In A Former Bank. (Terre Haute, Indiana) (Bank Of Pinball)
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#83 Old Baptist Church Being Turned Into Spirit Halloween
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#84 Dublin Church Transformed Into An Insurance Company’s Headquarters
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#85 Church Converted Into A Brewery In Indianapolis, Indiana
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#86 Church Of Sushi
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#87 This Bank Turned Into A Cookies Store
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#88 That's Cool, But Are We Just Going To Gloss Over The Presumably Spine-Tingling Story Of Why The Side Entrance To Your Lab Has Been Bricked Over For Decades
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#89 A Fantastic Looking Building
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#90 Just Finished Signing The Lease On The Most Gorgeous Waterfront Loft In A Repurposed Historical Mill Building Downtown, And We Could Not Be More Excited
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#91 Cleverly Repurposed And Disguised 5G Tower
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#92 Cozy Converted Church I Stayed In
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#93 This Walmart Replaced A Former Target But Instead Of Removing The Balls They Painted Them Yellow
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#94 This Church Was Converted To Townhomes
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#95 This Bank That Was Repurposed Into A Subway
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#96 This Walmart Repurposed The Grain Silo From The Original Property
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#97 This Taco Bell Restaurant Is Constructed From Repurposed Shipping Containers
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#98 Restaurant, In The Same Building As A Blockbuster Used To Be, Uses VHS Tapes As Wall Decor
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#99 Fire Station Turned Into Apartments
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#100 Church Turned Coffee House In Seward, Alaska
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#101 A Church Turned Into A Concert Venue In Pittsburgh, PA
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#102 The Amish By My House Own An Old Airplane Hanger They Turned Into A Hockey Rink
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#103 Sightseeing: Tesco In A Church
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#104 This Pizza Place That Was Once A Bank
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#105 This 19th Century Methodist Church In Darlington, UK, Was Converted Into "Bathroom World"
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#106 This Doctor's Office Preserved Graffiti From When The Building Was A Abandoned Industrial Building
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#107 Sears Store At My Mall Was Turned Into A Fake Mega Church For A TV Show
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#108 An Old Telephone Box In My Village Turned Into A Book Swap
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#109 Old Phone Box Turned Into A Defibrillator
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#110 Old Gas Station Turned Into A Subway With Covered Seating
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#111 A Local Grocery Store Got Converted Into A Rapid Testing / Vaccination Site
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#112 This Church Converted Into A Climbing Center
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#113 This Gas Station Converted To A House
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#114 An Old Movie Theater In Jackson, WY, Was Repurposed Into A Hand-Fired Pizza Restaurant
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#115 This Repurposed Drive Thru Car Wash
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#116 An Old Church Repurposed Into A Dentist Office In The Netherlands
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#117 This Repurposed Blockbuster Store
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#118 A Former Church In Folkestone Has Been Converted Into A Pub
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#119 This Old Blockbuster Store Was Turned Into A Daycare And They Repurposed The Sign
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#120 A Local Church Converted Into A Pub (Springfield, OR)
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#121 Archery Point Converted To A Bathroom In This Castle Spire
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#122 Repurposed Payphone Booths At My University Have Campus Computers In Them
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#123 This 17th Century Pub Near My Work Has Been Converted To A Starbucks
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#124 White Castle Turned Into An Urgent Care. Mansfield, Ohio
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#125 Former Public Bathhouse In Chicago, Illinois, Is Now A Private Residence
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#126 Former Flak Tower, Now Aquatic Zoo In Vienna
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#127 A Dispensary In A Former Church
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#128 The Scarface Chainsaw Scene Location Is Now A CVS
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#129 This Building Was A Fire Station. Salem, Massachusetts
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#130 I Can Imagine Those Apartments Smell Like Pink Bubble Gum
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#131 This Toys "R" Us Turned Into A Liquor Store
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#132 This Baseball Diamond Gets Turned Into A Huge Skating Rink In Winter
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#133 DC History Center Converted Into An Apple Store
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#134 This Repurposed Old Phone Box Being Used To Sell Cannabis CBD Oils. Dr. Who Moving Up In High Life
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#135 A School-House In Kansas Turned Into An Apartment Building
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#136 Police Station In A Former Church Building. Vienna, VA, USA
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#137 The Bathrooms At This Dunkin' Donuts In Reykjavik, Iceland, Are In An Old Bank Vault
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#138 A Repurposed Bus/Trolley Car Used For Outdoor Dining
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#139 This Bob Evans Repurposed Into A Laundromat
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#140 They Repurposed This Old McDonald's Into A Pot Shop
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