An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

The long underground cave's curiously shaped stalagmites have inspired many legends.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

The grassy landscape is home to the world's last truly wild horses.

The oldest Buddhist monastery in Mongolia has survived centuries of invasions, political shifts, and religious purges.

Once standing on solid ground, this slender beacon is a victim of the very shoreline it was charged with announcing.

Giant sand sculptures of famous people and places are on display near the Tottori sand dunes.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

A factory director designed what was the world's longest suspension footbridge in 1923 so his employees could get to work safely.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

The bottle house obsession struck a Florida man in his retirement, and now he can't stop building.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

A palatial horse museum outside Shanghai is home to the most pampered horses in the world.

The abandoned mine where American troops discovered a treasure trove of art and artifacts hidden by the Nazis.

The century-old plant starred as the villainous clown's lair in the miniseries based on Stephen King's "It."

The abandoned bathhouse is all that remains of the hot springs considered Florida's original tourist attraction.

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

Tucked behind New Jersey's abandoned Gingerbread Castle lie the eerie ruins of a once-flourishing paper mill.

One of the most poignant ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.

A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.