A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

Narrowest house in Boston.

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

"Try not to knock anything over!"

Built in 1821 using rooms from another estate, the Phillips House is the only historic home on scenic Chestnut Street open to the public.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

A tunnel once abandoned now thrives with graffiti art as an off-limits makeshift gallery.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

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

Current docking place of the SS United States, the fastest transatlantic ocean liner.

A tiny, unmarked beer and whiskey bar above an Ethiopian restaurant in West Philly fails to conceal live bluegrass.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

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

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

The oldest attraction in Disneyland is a prehistoric stump that Walt may have bought for his wife.