A theater sits abandoned on Roosevelt Road, once majestic in splendor, now majestic in decay.

Over 1,000 pieces of one of the most niche art objects imaginable: the glass paperweight.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

It reportedly took three years to sort through all the objects in this eclectic lifelong collection.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

This secluded date farm can be reached only by following a bumpy, single-lane desert road.

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

One of the last remaining Carpenter Gothic churches is situated on a wildflower conservatory overlooking the bay.