The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

Series of storm drains connected to a dark urban legend.

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

Electronic inventions that resulted in products and systems we use every day are on display in this labor-of-love museum.

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

Two dozen pinball games hidden away inside a most unlikely location.

The shelves in the back of this thrift store are devoted to saving, not selling, retro tech.

Three abandoned missile silos are hiding in plain sight behind a suburban development in Maryland.

Built in 1815, the stabilized ruins of the grist mill and sawmill are now gated, but interpretive displays on the features and functions of the mill preserve its history.

This abandoned Victorian-style house was built in 1884.

The remains of an old sawmill, gristmill and the surrounding industry dating back to the 18th century.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

Largest sub-glacial lake ever discovered.

This abandoned Antarctic base sits nearly unchanged since it was forsaken in the 1950s, just waiting for you to visit.

An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.

This old school, eccentric, and independent video rental store refuses to die.