The elevator hidden in a smokestack on Roosevelt's yacht now serves as a monument to the former president.

This 1830s store is believed to be the site of Harriet Tubman's first stand.

A quiet country churchyard holds a monument to the last known sin-eater in England.

Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.

This scenic fortress dates back at least 2,400 years to the time of Magna Graecia.

Hidden inside a gift shop that doubles as a museum, this gargantuan yo-yo can only be operated by crane.

In La Paz's huge, city-sized cemetery, the deceased are stored in rows of apartment-like buildings.

The world’s highest ski resort was deserted after an 18,000-year-old glacier melted away.

A beautiful chapel on the hills of the Oltrepò Pavese claims to house the tomb of King Edward II of England.

An abandoned village, frozen in time by the threat of a landslide.

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

An unassuming churchyard is the resting place of a pioneering surveyor and reluctant namesake of a mountain.

The site of Billy the Kid’s most famous escape and the end to the Lincoln County War.

In a largely deserted ghost town, a little brick building recalls its history as a gold rush hub and haven for outlaws.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

The smallest pub in Britain was once a cabinet of curiosities and it still has the dead cat to prove it.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.

The ruins of this Roman temple dominate the small city in southern Lazio.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

The first memorial dedicated solely to the Black troops who fought for the Union.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.