The crumbling remnants of this 19th-century quarantine hospital hint at the touristy island's darker past.

A glimpse into the "Logging Capital of the World" at a time when there was far more forest and far less machinery.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

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

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.