A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

The only remaining piece of hull of the most decorated US ship of WWII is this giant name plate.

When this test site was abandoned, they didn't even bother to take the rocket with them.

This winding road of 318 curves is a must-visit for (careful) motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts.

This 19th-century building inadvertently preserved the handprints of its builders within its walls.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

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

Whale bones, scrimshaw, and sperm oil make up just a part of this comprehensive collection of whaling history.

Now a retreat center for the faithful, it once provided training for clergy—but it began as a farm owned by a famed financier and his opera singer wife, who built a surprise in the backyard.

Beneath the mossy overgrowth covering this once-sprawling campus lies decades of history and the secrets that come with it.

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

This crumbling little graveyard was saved from the undergrowth by concerned veterans.

This 150-year-old train station and caboose have been turned into a railroad museum, enjoyed by young and old alike.

Hundreds of numbered stakes hidden in the woods mark the graves of the lost souls of a nearby asylum.

Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.

This house was the subject of an Edward Hopper painting, which in turn helped inspire the design of the Bates house in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho.'