Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

A repurposed railway tunnel with otherworldly acoustic characteristics.

This brick-lined pedestrian walkway was once a railway tunnel used during the Civil War.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

This historic theater's pipe organ still accompanies silent films just like it did in 1929.

A half-century-old handmade dim sum joint opens daily at 3:00 a.m.

Dubbed the "Blade Runner dragon," this buzzing neon sign is a beloved local icon.

A spiral staircase twists to the top of this unusual Czech lookout tower.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

This bronze statue commemorates the life of the first Black American to publish a novel in the United States.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

A restored, one-room African-American schoolhouse in the diva's hometown now preserves the legacy of its most famous student.

After decades of research and rumors, Little Zion Church was proven to be his final resting place.

A cheeky architectural easter egg.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

This stretch of Canadian road was named after a nickname that stuck so hard the city had to keep it.

This unusual structure may be on its way to becoming a cultural landmark in Toronto.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

Visiting dignitaries and Hollywood stars once stayed at this 1920s hotel, alongside ghosts that are said to haunt its corridors.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.