This empty Detroit high school was too expensive to maintain or destroy.

The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.

A tiny replica of the iconic London landmark hides on the side of the steel structure.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

One of the coolest murals in Minneapolis.

Color-coded signs direct drivers on a network of routes designed to avoid Pittsburgh traffic.

The last remnants of Fort Pitt also hold the distinction of being the oldest structure west of the Allegheny Mountains.

This shop filled with oddities and knick-knacks is named for a 19th-century charlatan.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

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

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

A portion of the old Pirates stadium over which a defining home run once flew still stands even after the rest of the stadium was torn down.

This spot memorializes one of the greatest plays in NFL history, unless you happen to be a Raiders fan.

The largest clock face in the United States is twice the size of Big Ben and infinitely more ad-sponsored.

Sections of the iconic limestone columns have been left uncleaned as a reminder of the city's polluted past.

Meet your friends, marry your true love, or tell your enemies to kiss your butt under this historic Pittsburgh timepiece.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.

This blue behemoth of a bear is a colorful homage to Brown University's mascot.

The stone sculpture of an Ottoman soldier is an homage to a lost Providence landmark.

Rhode Island's tallest building bears a resemblance to the "Daily Planet" building and has been empty for more than five years.