An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.

This iconic water tower and failed bandstand is open for panoramic views once a year.

An illegally built ramshackle mansion tucked in the middle of Brooklyn is now being turned into condominiums.

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

The childhood home of one of America's greatest unsung troubadours still stands in a much changed Brooklyn neighborhood.

Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.

Dedicated to preserving the history of free Black communities in Brooklyn and beyond.

This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.

A retired subway car stands alone in a field in the middle of Queens.

The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.

The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.

In the mid-20th century, a tamale-slinging juke joint attracted a diverse clientele in the Mississippi Delta.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.

A white oak with property rights.

This collection of ferns from across the globe is the largest assortment in the United States.

A late-night restaurant empire was launched from this humble storefront.

The beauty of urban decay, hiding some dark secrets.

A hidden oasis just two minutes from downtown Atlanta.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.