The singer, actor, and activist lived here during his final years, and now it’s a museum dedicated to his legacy.

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.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

Yo, Adrian!

Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.

This sculpture of a fisherman spent six years at the bottom of the Schuylkill River.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

America’s smallest national park site is the former residence of exiled Polish national hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

An Irish Memorial commemorating those who perished due to potato blight.

Believed to be the birthplace of the United States Marine Corps.

The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.

This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.

The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.

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

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

This 19th-century clock has been restored to help withstand the harsh environment of its seaside home.

A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.

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

The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.

This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.

Abandoned 19th century homes once occupied by naval officers, soon to be demolished.

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.