This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.

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

An Industrial Revolution-era public work that purified water using nothing but sand.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

North America's oldest quarantine facility was built in response to Philadelphia's 1793 yellow fever outbreak.

The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.

This open air cathedral invites all faiths to worship under the only roof big enough to fit them all: the sky.

The home used in just a few seconds of film that came to define the setting of a hit sitcom.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.

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

This is not your typical jungle gym.

Enjoy a slice while browsing the world's largest collection of pizza memorabilia.

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

To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.

This blue behemoth of a bear is a colorful homage to Brown University's mascot.

This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.

This historic mini-suspension bridge was swept away once but is now here to stay.

One New Hampshire alleyway has become home to a public gallery of feline art.