A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

This mundane shopping plaza is named after a gruesome piece of flotsam.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

This Cold War siren is one off the last of its kind still standing with its immensely powerful original horn.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

At just six feet two inches deep, it is said by Guiness and Ripley to be the world’s narrowest freestanding office building.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

Surprisingly Delicious Asian-Style Hot Dogs.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

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.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

A smoke stack so large, the Washington Monument could fit inside!