Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

A small Second Empire-style building is one of only seven remaining lighthouses on the Hudson River.

The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

This settlement on the original Transcontinental Railroad began by harvesting timber, but transitioned to a forgotten 19th-century industry: harvesting ice.

This camera store in Milan holds one of Europe’s largest collections of luxury-antique cameras.

A train tunnel that was made obsolete by the dam it helped create.

The tallest bridge in California was constructed for a project that was eventually cancelled.

This California family's ancestral melon is sold only here.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

Get a taste of the Wild West and a glimpse into the gold rush in Goldfield's oldest continually-running business.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.