A full figure 4th century incorruptible saint lies in a glass coffin in Croatia.

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

The birthplace of America's favorite fruit-flavored mystery dessert.

The remains of a failed subway in upstate New York is now an underground graffiti bunker.

Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

An unassuming, powerful monument north of the U.S. Capitol bears witness to the resilience of Japanese Americans during a time of grave injustice.

A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.

This mysterious structure by the Washington Monument is a flood barrier designed to protect the White House against rising waters.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

D.C.'s first central library was born out of a chance encounter with the philanthropist whose name it bears.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

Once the gateway to the utopian dream-village of a Civil War embalmer.

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.

Noble beasts perhaps, but not the Emperor's dogs.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.