A bronze plaque at an intersection in Hoboken marks the place where the game of baseball first took shape.

The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.

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

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

This crumbling Art Deco movie palace in Mexico City has been abandoned for two decades.

Meant to be one of the most extravagant hotels in the world, now an eerie, abandoned architectural gem in Mexico City.

At a museum of everyday objects, it is the act of collecting that is really on display.

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

Visiting this cacophonous collection of vintage novelties is like stepping into the mind of a crazed toymaker.

Diego Rivera's massive tiled fountain and failed infrastructure project.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

This alley-cum-fan gallery in the ex-Nirvana drummer's hometown holds the world's largest drumsticks.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

Pennsylvania's own Roswell-style UFO mystery.

This shrine to McDonalds' most iconic sandwich holds a 14-foot tall burger.

Where the "World Pinball Champion” is crowned.

The largest clock face in the United States is twice the size of Big Ben and infinitely more ad-sponsored.

This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.

10,500 square feet of pinball housed in former dollar store and home to the last playable "Thunderball."

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.