An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.

Developed by focused shutterbugs, this museum exposes visitors to more than 6,000 different cameras.

Outdoor exhibits explore the contributions of European, African, and indigenous peoples to American frontier culture.

An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.

This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.

The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

Located off a bustling strip, a silent teahouse employs workers with hearing- or speech-related disabilities.

Europe's oldest still-operational tea farm also boasts a spectacular view.

This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

A unique museum dedicated to the Gullah-Geechee people, housed within an old oyster cannery.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

This diner's a kitschy dreamland for anyone whose heart is stuck in the 1980s.

This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.

It's bad manners to eat and drink on the subways of Tokyo, unless the train is this bar.