A crumbling ghost town on the South Dakota prairie.

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

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

The graves in Florida's oldest Black cemeteries are marked with shells, stones, and mementos of the deceased.

The legacies of two historic Black American institutions live on in this unassuming brick building.

This small museum dedicated to the painful memory of segregation is essentially a time capsule.

A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.

The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

The largest cemetery in the American Southeast is a hidden gem near the heart of Atlanta.

Volcanic stone sentinels stand watch at a Korean Bell Garden in Virginia.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

Gutted airplanes slowly decay in a Florida field.

The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

A dilapidated psychiatric facility on the outskirts of Milan where electroconvulsive therapy was developed and Napoleon once lived.