This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

A stunning garden filled with fantastical environmental folk art and sculptures.

Locals purchased this abandoned quarry in order to make sure it continues to be overgrown.

Shipwrecks, ruins, and turtles are all that remain on this haunting Caribbean ghost island.

This tiny tropical village was sick of anonymity so the locals made this sign, which actually changed the name of the town.

The beautiful behemoth is one of the largest trees of its kind in the United States.

The mouldering manses of wealthy colonials still pock the streets of a Curaçao neighborhood.

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

Frank Lloyd Wright built this suburban synagogue late in life, but it stands among his most iconic masterpieces.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.

The origins of midtown Manhattan's anachronistic wooden farmhouse remain a mystery.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.

This former crime corner has been turned into an eclectic community center.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.

Walk over a 150 year old manhole.