Gutted during the Liverpool Blitz, this architectural husk has been left destroyed in honor of the dead.

Before there were doorbells this bronze ear was installed for visitors to announce their arrival.

The remnants of a depressing public toilet are now a hub of ever evolving street art.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

Amid the marketing blitz of modern Times Square is an elegant holdover from its showbiz glory days.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.

Currently housing a corporate bank branch this building at the southern tip of Manhattan was once the gateway to luxury vacationing.

These WWII-era murals were initially booed as a libelous portrayal of the American dream but have survived multiple attempts to have them destroyed.

This abandoned island off the Venetian coast has been a radical monastery, a political prison, and a secret Nazi base.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

This reclusive Hopi village in Arizona has been continuously populated longer than anywhere else in America.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.