Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

This ancient structure was built by a mysterious civilization that was largely destroyed by a volcanic eruption.

This colossal ancient sculpture of the monstrous Aztec rain god has a literally stormy history.

The ruins of an ancient temple to the Aztec wind god discovered in the middle of a metro station.

A barbarous band of serpents guard the bases of these Aztec temples.

This old-school café is famous for serving coffee, chilaquiles, and the Cuban Revolution.

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

These strange carved boulders in a forested canyon resemble tiny stone villages.

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

An unusual bed & breakfast made of papercrete.

Rusting away on the edge of New Jersey are the remains of a Cold War missile launch site.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

This fancifully decorated Victorian home in New York’s Hudson Valley is the only known fully domed octagonal residence in the United States.

A waterway covered over after the Industrial Revolution has been unearthed and cleaned up, for the enjoyment of fish and humans alike.

A beautiful, historic location open to the public.

This giant rock arrived at this quiet park thousands of years ago on the back of a massive glacier.

The first motion picture theater in southern Utah, reimagined and renovated as an arts hub.