Once called Winthrop Park in 1889, home to a decidedly sexy tribute to the Monitor vs. Merrimac battle.

This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

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

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

A fire station-turned-church-turned-museum dedicated to the work of seminal light artist Dan Flavin.

This neo-Gothic former auto showroom is one of the few remaining reminders of Brooklyn's "Automobile Row."

Headquarters of the world's fourth largest Hasidic sect and the first of many "770s" around the world.

Museum mostly in name, and only a restaurant depending on the day, this place could only exist in Marfa.

With print dying, this local paper keeps the lights on by doubling as a stunning cafe and cocktail bar.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

Once a strategically imperative naval base, portions of this Bermuda dock complex now serve cruise ships.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."