Legend tells how a Spanish soldier disappeared from this isolated sentry box without a trace.

This bleach-white graveyard overlooking the ocean is accessed through a tunnel.

This chapel on a cliff is renowned for its healing powers and was founded on the site of a supposed divine intervention.

The only remaining Jewish congregation in Greenpoint.

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

Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.

Venice's island of the dead.

Once the tallest building in Detroit, this Gothic church houses some of the oldest stained-glass windows in the country.

38-story baroque tower reflecting Detroit's rise, fall, and possible rise again.

Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

Rat sculptures try to infiltrate the Graybar Building in an architectural tribute to New York City's nautical history.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

No Gordon Lightfoot song, only a barebones monument to greed.

The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

A local prank turned town icon.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

The alley connecting two of country music’s most historic venues has a rich history of its own.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

The scarce remains of a sunken ship peek out from the sand on East Beach.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.