A handful of beehive kilns are all that’s left of a historic brick-making empire.

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

A former customs station on the border of Germany and the Netherlands.

This neighborhood grocery houses a treasure trove of Eastern European delights.

The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.

Now owned by the National Park Service, this location was once home to illegal boxing matches.

The mosaic Star of David at the front of this store hints that it's no ordinary Italian grocer.

The final resting place of some of Staten Island's earliest settlers and their descendants.

Failed state-supported institution meant to rehabilitate students with intellectual disabilities.

One-time largest man-made structure in the world will be a park in 30 years.

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

Staten Island's original central park is the former home of the city water supply as well as thousands of immigrant graves.

Hidden deep within New Jersey Pine Barrens is a massive graffiti wonderland.

This previously dilapidated alleyway has been transformed into one of Melbourne's finest hidden art locations.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

Street artists transformed this abandoned industrial neighborhood into one of Europe's largest graffiti exhibitions.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

This pub built its reputation pouring post-shift pints for employees of the cemetery with which it shares a wall.

A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

Travel through the wholesome amusements of yesteryear at this charming miniature village.

This small piece of railroad history sits behind the parking lot of a chain grocery store.

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.