This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

The ballpark in "Pigtown" where the Brooklyn Dodgers made their name was replaced with a huge apartment complex.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

This enormous "shamoji" means more to the people of Miyajima than just a way getting rice onto a plate.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.