15 legendary world's fair leftovers

These expositions celebrate human ingenuity. We celebrate some of their best architectural marvels.

By: Matt Hickman

Mon, Jun 01, 2015 at 08:30 AM

The Atomium in Brussels from the Expo 58. It's a 'kind of UFO in the cultural history of humanity.' (Photo: Photo: Niels Mickers/flickr)

The biggest spectacle of any type of international exposition is often the architecture.

Given the ephemeral nature of world's fairs — the jaw-dropping, crowd-drawing structures erected for expos are also largely temporary. However, a small handful of buildings — sometimes, a single building — are built and designed to live on beyond the fair. With contemporary expos, it's usually the fair's "theme" building or the host country's national pavilion that sticks around while lesser buildings are dismantled and reused for other purposes.

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