Have you ever seen an elevator like this? A paternoster lift is a series of open compartments running on a continuous loop. The good news: passengers can easily climb on and off at any floor they like. The bad news: there are no buttons, no doors, and no stops! You won’t be surprised to learn that construction of new paternosters was stopped back in the 1970s due to safety concerns—it's estimated that a paternoster is 30 times more dangerous than a standard elevator setup. Even so, hundreds are