From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.

This Bronx apartment building is officially recognized as the birthplace of hip-hop.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A tiny memorial for the year the Connecticut River almost destroyed New England.

Stories of sightless fish and ghostly cowboys are only a fraction of the legends surrounding this Kansas sinkhole.

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

This vineyard was the site of the infamous Charge of the Light Brigade.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

The two-cell building in Nebraska was briefly owned by a teenage boy and then a Hollywood dummy.

America's first serial killer rests in anonymity.

An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

This gnarled old tree supposedly sprouted from seeds kept in the pocket of a 16th-century Spanish sailor.

Woven tree art gives this towering Australian woodland a touch of mystical whimsy.

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

It took 82 years and four different plaques to finally get the story right.

It's hard to believe the dizzying patterns covering this abandoned mine are completely natural.

The world's largest indoor go-kart racetrack is hiding in Connecticut.

This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.