Sip cherry liqueur at a bar dating back to 1840.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

Take in some Air Force history—and ogle some beautiful planes—at this little-known park near Myrtle Beach’s seashore.

Over two centuries old and counting, Madrid's massive botanical garden contains one of Europe's only desert environments.

Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.

A symbol of hope, survival, and national character, especially after it rose phoenix like from the flames.

New York's oldest concrete structure is being preserved thanks to the gentrification of Whole Foods.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

The unassuming structure was part of a Major League Baseball stadium.

This train station inspired the name of a 1970's rock band and provided the backdrop for their album cover.

An out-of-the-way wildlife haven with a rich and storied past of harboring thousands of fugitive slaves, or "Maroons" during the mid 1800s.

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

This cupola was once seen as an architectural disaster.

The ornate structure is part of a building boasting more marble than the Vatican.

An 18th-century townhouse that once hosted guests of the president.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

One of the most horrible legacies of the Cold War is a site where the Soviet Union tested nuclear bombs on civilians.

The crypt under this cemetery's chapel was used as a meeting place by Filipino revolutionaries.

This pair of unsuspecting buildings are in fact the very first modern skyscrapers in Europe.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

Instruments, apparatus, and rare books all relating to chemistry and its related sciences.