An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

The "last unrestored grand mansion of Savannah" is now a cramped, mouldering maze of antiques.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.