The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

On the hills of Bay Ridge stands a house straight out of a fairy tale.

The revival of a classic Art Deco theater.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

How did a historical Black burial ground become a Staten Island strip mall?

The ruins of an important pilgrimage destination for worshippers of a Maya fertility goddess.

The subterranean "lake" below the Paris opera house inspired the Phantom of the Opera's lair.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

A waterway covered over after the Industrial Revolution has been unearthed and cleaned up, for the enjoyment of fish and humans alike.

The first pet cemetery in the United States.

This dilapidated castle-like structure overlooks the Hudson River at one of its widest points and was once home to nuns.

These World War I shooting range tunnels are now haunted halls of underground graffiti accessed through the roots of a tree.

After being inoperative for over half a century, this elaborate fountain in Atlanta's oldest park was restored to its former glory.

This monument claims to display the first pot used to cook a famed Southern stew.

Unruly residents were housed in this one-person cell until the Black Maria arrived.

Located on the campus of Emory University, this museum is filled with objects from the Americas to ancient Greece.

The ruins of a resort and casino sit on the banks of this blue hole spring that pumps 70,000 gallons of warm, clear water every minute.

This labyrinth was designed to help visitors focus and meditate.

The ruins of a paper mill destroyed during the Civil War still tower over a tributary of the Chattahoochee River.

This twisty sign depicts the chain's first logo.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

The graphite created here was used in the manufacturing of pencils.

The collection is exhibited in a Staten Island building modeled on traditional Himalayan architecture.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.