A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

Where America's first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

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

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

This secret Swiss fortress is disguised as a harmless pink house, complete with fake windows.

A tiny rural community in Switzerland was home to one of history's most shocking murders, and led to the banning of Absinthe for nearly a century.

Unconventional site where the tracks of Zurich tramcars intersect.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.