This massive marble memorial was built bit by bit either out of devotion or spite, but at the expense of the surrounding town.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

In Mumbai, a bright blue synagogue is the largest one for the Baghdadi Jewish community in Asia.

Burial site more than 300 years old.

The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.

This preserved wilderness hides the remains of a colonial grain mill used to feed George Washington's troops.

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

This historic sunny-yellow building has an unfortunate connection to the sinking of the Titanic.

An eerie site of reverence for those who have completed an epic journey.

The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.

At this hidden studio, the dying art of taxidermy is alive and well.

Welcome sign announcing Haverhill, MA, as the birthplace of horror rocker/artist/director Rob Zombie.

A burial ground of rusting metal grave markers.

This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.

Where there’s manufacturing, there’s fire!

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

Monument to a forgotten NYC disaster that claimed the lives of 1,000.

This ominously named New Jersey street seems to be attracting over-the-top legends of its own making.

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

A road that winds through this natural cave is the only way to access the small, appropriately-named village of Cuevas.

Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

An 1883 schoolhouse now home to collective of artists.