The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.

This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

This miniature village stays behind in the Breuer Building, even as the museums around it come and go.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

Explore the odd assortment of items that have washed up on the beaches of Plum Island.

A bookstore with an entire room dedicated to damaged and forlorn comic books.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

The cluster of boulders near Fort Irwin is covered in military insignia.

This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.

Get a taste of the Wild West and a glimpse into the gold rush in Goldfield's oldest continually-running business.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

This unique graffiti art from the 1940s has become a staple of this local landscape in the remote California desert.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.