A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.

This old-fashioned candy shop, ice cream parlor, and diner served as the setting for one of TV's most controversial series finales.

World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.

This mural celebrates the early integration of a New Hampshire baseball team.

This humble resting place belongs to one of history's most celebrated restaurateurs.

The largest arcade museum in the world chronicles the golden age of video games which ended promptly in 1987.

This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.

A big museum full of little worlds.

The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.

The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

The remains of a World War II munitions factory still haunt the fields of this Twin Cities suburb.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

This memorial honors the performers who died when two trains collided.

Home to over 300 antique cars and motorcycles, including Thomas Edison's Model A.

A preserved stump is all that remains of the once-mighty hardwood.

A museum dedicated to the dead and the tools used to usher them into the afterlife.

An ornate Detroit church, left empty and ravaged by time.

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.