An all-American grocery store in Paris sells U.S. "cuisine" like Pop-Tarts and Heinz ketchup to homesick ex-pats.

This abandoned Soviet circus is slowly being restored to its Communist-era glory.

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

This factory made "health corsets" that were a step towards liberating women's bodies.

The mysterious headstone of an unidentified bank robber was seen visited, every year, by a woman in black.

Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.

A few stone foundations and an old graveyard are all that is left of this once thriving settlement in the wilds of Connecticut.

The graves of a Connecticut family thought to have been plagued by a vampire.

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

In the 19th century, this was the center of Boston's Black community.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

A parade of antique steeds offers a quirky ride through history.

Once the tallest building in Chisinau, this unique tower is a relic of Soviet architecture.

A giant portrait of an ancient king looms over the river.