Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

Townhouse facade doubles as an RMS Titanic Memorial.

A museum marks and documents the site of the Titanic's launch.

A morbid piece of memorabilia from the most famous shipwreck in current history is just one of the many poignant artifacts in this Canadian museum's collection.

Home to the Titanic Historical Society's collection.

The home of a famed utopian science fiction author has been preserved long after his predicted future in the year 2000.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.

The site where one of the most famous poems of World War I was composed is preserved to honor the legacy of the work.

In an area where the remnants of WWI are discovered on a regular basis this preserved frontline trench may be the most amazing.

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

A ship that lived many lives under many names is now known merely as the "Ghost Ship."

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

Home of what was the largest hydraulic mine in the world, producing gold and the first diamonds in the U.S.

The victims of a free-floating Japanese bombing during WWII are remembered by this stone monument.

This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.

This shrine to film's most iconic wasteland wanderer is located in the very outback where the movies were shot.