The concrete shell of an industry giant remains as a playground for graffiti artists, auto scrappers, and paintball warriors.

The bones of an old zoo crumbling in the shadow of a new one.

Dilapidated Mayan-themed ballroom was one of Detroit's most popular venues through the 40s.

The origin of the Nixon tapes is rooted in technological incompetence as much as secrecy.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.

The statue honors a beloved bird that once roamed St. George's Market.

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

These engineering masterpieces are a dominant feature of the Belfast skyline.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

The grandiose interior of this bar speaks to its past as home to famous jewelers and railway offices.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

These dramatic cola-colored falls have appeared in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a song by Sufjan Stevens.

Standing guard on top of an old, vacant ice cream shop.

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

Arguably the best example of an authentic Dutch windmill in the United States, rivaling its counterparts in the Netherlands.

The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.

A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.