A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

Church featuring "high Victorian gothic" architecture.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.

Eco-friendly island mansion.

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

The return of something once considered a basic part of life.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

Once a dumping spot, now a park with a kayak launch.

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".