The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

A son-and-daughter meat market, hawked by mom and dad.

This Queens beer hall preserves a German culture and language that is all but lost.

Over the centuries, this island paradise has done it all, from providing monks with ecclesiastical respite to sheltering an exiled Leon Trotsky.

In the heart of Brigham Young's promised land sits a festering plot of industrial ruin that has been claimed by society's outcasts.

This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

A notorious punk house turned co-op.

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.

A massive art collective tries a new take on Brooklyn's DIY music scene—by making it fully legal.

Two community gardens under the elevated subway lines on a very busy commercial strip in Bushwick.

The greatest real estate coup of all time.

Montreal's giant farmer's market is a foodie's best friend, especially in the winter months.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

This former textile district now is now a thriving center for contemporary Chinese art.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.