In the early 1900s, hundreds of Black Americans found opportunity in this now-abandoned rural community.

This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.

Neal Cassady may still have an open tab at one of Denver's oldest watering holes.

Visit a family-run restaurant that has been serving the epitome of soul food for more than seven decades.

This iconic meat-and-three seasons every dish with ancestral cooking knowledge from South Carolina’s Lowcountry.

Restoring faith in humanity one pie at a time by selling stellar baked goods on an honor system.

Supremely flaky treats await at Amadou Ly’s boulangerie and patisserie.

The shortest in the world, this landing strip stretches a mere 1,312 feet before steep cliffs on either end plunge into the Caribbean.

A series of five defunct panopticon prisons in Cuba.

There is only one place in the world where the corners of four nations come together.

The oceanic dumping ground where spaceships go to die.

Eurasia's most difficult place to hang out, and farthest point from sea access.

One of the world's southernmost bars.

A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

From Coke II to Google Glass, this exhibit features some of the most spectacular commercial flops.

Granny Smiths and Fujis can both be traced back to Kazakhstan, where apples still grow wild.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

The sign that drew attention to a young boy's cucumber stand is now the name of his fruit superstore.

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

Found: Garden of Eden in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

With nickel-steel armor and three-inch thick bullet resistant windows, FDR's train was a rolling fortress.