On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.

Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

Yo, Adrian!

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

Berlin's old airport.