The oldest amusement park in the world has been providing a nice spot to have some fun since the 1500s.

Walk the whole Mississippi River!

This picturesque island graveyard is the final resting place of dozens of notorious pirates.

You may get stranded and everyone's peeing in the water, but at least there's cocktails!

Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."

The legend associated with these ruins understates the splendor of the mansion that once stood here.

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

There might not be much left of these Irish ruins, but their linguistic legacy is still going strong.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.

Overlooking a Scottish loch, this beautifully crumbling castle once inspired a poem by William Wordsworth.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

This Queens beer hall preserves a German culture and language that is all but lost.

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

Site of the largest impact event to occur over land in Earth's recorded history.

Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.

This Romanian village may have been drowned, but it is long from forgotten.

Gigantic Romanian salt mines used to heal respiratory conditions.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.