An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.

An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.

One of few surviving standpipe water towers in the U.S.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

This unassuming riverbank is Missouri’s first designated site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.

During the 19th-century, this park was a vital trading fort.

Propped high atop the peak of Mount Gamsutlmeer, this abandoned village is one of the oldest settlements in the region.

This former textile district now is now a thriving center for contemporary Chinese art.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

A son-and-daughter meat market, hawked by mom and dad.

Not one, not two, but three natural bridges remain in this captivating spot post-sinkhole.

About as hidden as can be, this specialty coffee shop is wedged between multi-story buildings at the end of a dark, skinny alleyway in Seoul.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

The skeletons, demons, and corpses serve as a warning of the terrors of Buddhist Hell.

A modern temple with an ancient philosophy.

Forgotten German bunkers in China create a sharp cultural contrast.

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.

This striking landscape in northern Vietnam contains both geological and archaeological wonders.

World's largest cave was only discovered in 1991, and now offers tours to the public.

China's biggest e-waste village.

The tallest stationary dunes on Earth also happen to sing.

A sacred mountaintop temple offers a fine cup of tea to visitors who can survive the journey.