A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

One of the few brewers in the U.S. experimenting with hop-free beers.

The largest arcade museum in the world chronicles the golden age of video games which ended promptly in 1987.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

The ruins of this Alaska gold mine form a gorgeous ghost town.

This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

One of the most poignant ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.