Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

During the American Revolution, this mansion hosted failed peace talks between the British and Americans.

A one-ton statue of Steve Rogers beautifies the entry to a Brooklyn Bed, Bath & Beyond.

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

A 19th century hat factory still stands as a crumbling ruin in upstate New York.

Home to the abandoned Tioronda Hat Works Factory, this park is a combination of woodlands and marshlands.

This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.

A building made mostly of cast iron features a 1:45 scale lego model of its self.

This evocative New Jersey statue memoralizes the Polish victims of a Soviet massacre.

This haunting monument honors the victims of 9/11.

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

An abandoned 1930s gas station turned bustling neighborhood park.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.