"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.

The remnants of a luxurious resort that saw its peak in the 1970s and 1980s has been abandoned since 2009, leaving behind the wreckage of both the hotel and a beautiful ice skating rink.

The lost town of Neversink, sunk by New York City.

The dairy farm in upstate New York where nearly half a million people gathered for three days of peace and music in 1969.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

A jukebox headstone marks the grave of the Cleveland disc jockey credited with coining the term “rock 'n' roll."

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.

This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.

The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.

A 19th century hat factory still stands as a crumbling ruin in upstate New York.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.