The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

The world's oldest operating jazz club has been in operation since May 1934.

Where the Model T was made and the assembly line was invented.

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

Enormous small-business mecca in the Midwest, serving dozens of artists.

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

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.

An overlooked oasis of quiet on the grounds of Washington's monumental basilica.

There’s a special club house at the top for the bell ringers.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

The deadly but beautiful ornamental oleander was planted all over the island of Galveston after the hurricane of 1900.

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.