Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.

Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.

The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."

Polish luminaries and masterful folk art find sanctuary in this unique cemetery.

This neighborhood grocery houses a treasure trove of Eastern European delights.

This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.

Micro-distillery in Brooklyn produces New York’s first homemade rum since Prohibition.

A working metal shop and venue for outrageous art and music shows in a former cannonball factory.

Join in a Seance at the Swedenborgian Church.

A notorious punk house turned co-op.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

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

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

Contrary to what one might expect, ice forms inside this small cavern during the summer and melts during the winter.