This magnificent Japanese garden provides a moment of Zen in rural Vermont.

In the early 1900s, hundreds of Black Americans found opportunity in this now-abandoned rural community.

A small Wyoming town is home to the state's oldest-operating soda fountain.

Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.

The only geyser in the state of Pennsylvania is caused by pressure from an abandoned coal mine outside of the ghost town Centralia.

America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.

This dilapidated castle-like structure overlooks the Hudson River at one of its widest points and was once home to nuns.

Haunted Victorian house that inspired a legendary "Ghostbusters" court ruling.

This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.

One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into...we can't find the words.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.