The brainchild of Eleanor Roosevelt, her "Little Village" was a collectivist dream.

This university transit system is a 1970's vision of the future.

The development and impact of electronic media showcased in a picturesque farmhouse in Maryland.

The world's oldest continuously operating airport was founded by the Wright Brothers.

The first dish to bounce radio signals off the Moon, it was the forerunner to the U.S. Space Program.

Maybe the only missile installed in a public park, this Cold War leftover was one of the first to carry a nuclear warhead.

The 92-foot-tall structure is based on the aircraft that carried the first Americans into space.

A lawn full of retired spacecraft on display at one of NASA's first research labs.

Priceless space junk on display in front of a local Dairy Queen.

This hill made entirely of ancient Roman jars was simply a garbage dump to the people of the time.

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

Beirut's thinnest building was the result of feuding brothers.

One of the most remote and isolated villages on the Arabian Peninsula.

Elaborate patterns adorn the city's disappearing traditional architecture.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

A city built from mud and known as the "Manhattan of the desert."

Yemen's "Stone Palace" looks like it was carved right out of the tall stone column on which it is built.

This impressive system of tanks was used to store drinking water as long as 2,000 years ago.

Once the supplier for noteworthy projects like the National Cathedral, this old brickworks now lies abandoned.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.