The picturesque remains of an abandoned silver mine slope down to Tagish Lake in the Yukon.

A once popular resort—said to be the vacation spot of gangster Al Capone—now remains abandoned in the woods of Arizona.

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

This local emblem is the oldest and largest dragon tree in the Canary Islands.

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

Live data is transmitted from the Atlantic coast to instantly recreate the ocean waves in this fountain at the NOAA headquarters.

A small Byzantine church lost in the middle of the mountains of southern Italy.

An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.

In northern Ohio, the glorious past of America's trains is on full display.

This NASA test station is home to some of the world’s largest and most powerful space environment simulation facilities.

The only urban monument in the world designed by the great surrealist painter Salvador Dalí.

The second-highest village in Lazio has attracted artists for 400 years and is now a spectacular open-air art gallery.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.

A giant ball made from pieces of an old Jeep.

A masked wrestling legend has opened the first U.S. course devoted to a meditative Japanese golf variant.

A retro walk through the history of the tube.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

One of the foremost Sherlock Holmes collections is hidden away at a Toronto library.

Crossing this suspension bridge feels like walking through the sky, a fitting tribute to the head of the Apollo program.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

The only runway directly into the magic kingdom has been closed since 1972, but it still sings to you if you drive fast enough.