A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

This picturesque cottage was the site of Ulysses S. Grant’s final and perhaps most important campaign.

A beautiful multicolored mound formed by the mineral deposits of the Orenda Spring.

The small burial plot is located in a mall parking lot.

One of the largest collections of traditional Māori artifacts in New Zealand.

Edoras, capital city of Rohan in Lord of the Rings, once sat atop this isolated New Zealand mountain.

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

This stone statue inspired Thomas Wolfe’s 1929 novel 'Look Homeward, Angel.'

Three gardens with toilets and urinals filled with bright flowers started as a protest against zoning rules.

An old spiral fire escape dangles above a public courtyard in Midtown Oklahoma City.

Every birth, death, and marriage is recorded in these color-coded leather-bound books.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.

Send a postcard while vacationing with Satan.

The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

A subterranean relic of the Spanish Civil War hides below this picturesque park.

Part of the medieval watchtower is displayed in an otherwise ordinary parking garage.

This macabre masterpiece of a mural is one of Francisco Goya's "Black Paintings."

A lush indoor jungle fills this bustling Madrid transportation hub.

Displaced highlanders would take shelter from the wet Scottish climate under the large walled bridge at Glasgow Central Station.