A time capsule of Floridian history fights to survive on the banks of Chokoloskee Bay.

New York's unstoppable progress turned this cemetery into the smallest burial ground in the city.

Small monoliths of several varieties of stone sit alongside a wooded path in the Bronx.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

An abandoned horticulture institute gloomily presides over rows of derelict and vine-wrought greenhouses.

This dilapidated castle-like structure overlooks the Hudson River at one of its widest points and was once home to nuns.

This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.

Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

The lost town of Neversink, sunk by New York City.

A haunting tribute to pioneering photographer Clover Adams.

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

Surrounded by low rise buildings and partially converted into an auto body shop, this marble archway is the only vestige of a forgotten Manhattan estate.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

The origins of midtown Manhattan's anachronistic wooden farmhouse remain a mystery.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

The design of the Palacio Salvo has been described as "a lighthouse on top of a building."

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant