The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

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

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

Home to over 200,000 artifacts, this museum attempts to guide visitors through the ancient history of Beijing and Imperial China.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

A long abandoned hospital building on the outskirts of NYC.