In a largely deserted ghost town, a little brick building recalls its history as a gold rush hub and haven for outlaws.

A clerical error gave rise to this imaginary micronation in the southwestern corner of Estonia.

Near this allegedly haunted pub, you can find strong spirits on the rocks.

A striped 12th-century basilica sits in the countryside of Sardinia.

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

This unassuming North Austin neighborhood was built to test the novel idea of home air conditioning.

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

This humble hole-in-the-wall is home to an incredible pig ear sandwich and serious civil rights history.

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

This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.

One of Detroit’s oldest blues clubs stands in defiance of the passage of time and the city’s shifting fortunes.

Come for the chanting, stay for the monastical vegan buffet.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

A decaying garage hidden amid the dense forest is all that remains of a once-prosperous dairy farm.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

This crucial gathering spot along the "hippie trail" still displays old notes between traveling beatniks and backpackers.

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

One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters is still used today, but for less brutal events.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

Get past the gatekeeper's apartment and enter an elaborate hoax of a restaurant with a Masonic feel.

Before online banking and smartphone apps, there was "commuter banking" in the subway in Downtown Brooklyn.

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

These ruins have been linked to a sherbet factory that exploded, but the story may be entirely fictional.