Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.

One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

Two New York rooftops are home to the largest rooftop soil farms in the world.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

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

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

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 pan man stands as a testament to the functionality of American cast iron cookware.

This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

A water pumping station disguised as a residential home to assuage concerned neighbors now tricks most passersby.

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

A nourishing complex of found object art, paintings, and sculptures that celebrate key figures in Black history.

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

This iconic water tower and failed bandstand is open for panoramic views once a year.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

The final resting place of the famous Rhode Island lighthouse keeper who heroically saved dozens of people from drowning.