This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.

This abandoned train tunnel has been the subject of countless ghost stories for years.

Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.

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

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

The oldest continuously operating farm in New York State.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

If it hadn't been caught in time, a flaw in the design of this Manhattan skyscraper could have led to its collapse.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

A quick trip around the globe through an amazing miniature exhibit.

Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

This diesel train serviced the Brooklyn waterfront for more than three decades.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

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

This no man's land slicing through the island is strewn with abandoned relics of another time.

The ancient mosaics here are considered among the finest in the world, and serve as a stunning record of Greco-Roman daily life.

Deep in the Negev Desert, the world's tallest solar tower looks like a sight straight out of science fiction.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

As the Dead Sea continues to deplete, massive sinkholes open along its banks.

The bluer than blue waters in these natural Israeli caves are reached via the world's steepest cable car.

The most peaceful "country" in the Middle East.

A former Latvian headquarters of the brutal KGB secret police is now open as a grim reminder of their atrocities.

A railway bridge leading nowhere stands lonely in the middle of a meadow.