The only remnant of a small mining town is an abandoned railroad tunnel that is steeped in ghostly lore.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

The phrase "the shot heard around the world" was coined after a skirmish at this bridge.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

Internet rumors, often involving Icelandic singer Bjork, have abounded regarding this isolated outcrop of rock.

An assortment of armored tanks and Howitzer cannons in the middle of the Sonoran Desert.

Under Hanoi’s medieval citadel sits a secret military headquarters from the final years of the Vietnam War.

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

You'll find rocket launchers, not rollercoasters, at Russia's “military Disneyland.”

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

The former broadcast site has been reimagined as a museum about the medium.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

The rare American Civil War-era weapon was never fired in anger.

This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

Waterway populated with abandoned projects, including a submarine.

A one-ton statue of Steve Rogers beautifies the entry to a Brooklyn Bed, Bath & Beyond.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

Legends of treasure and spirits flow from this this fairy tale-like oasis.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.