The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

The largest medieval water tank on the Iberian Peninsula is preserved beneath the Cáceres Museum.

A strange anthropomorphic stele with a mysterious inscription that has never been deciphered.

Fragments of human bones are embedded in the walls of this quaint alley.

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.

In memory of the 110 victims of ValuJet Flight 592 that crashed in the Everglades.

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

This architectural onion has an original 1930's Jerry O'Mahony dining car at its core.

The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

Abraham Lincoln's vice president took his last breath here on July 4, 1891.

This Art Deco theater is the last remaining opera house in the “little Broadway of the North.”

Maine’s only official memorial to the Underground Railroad.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

A charming museum of natural history featuring dioramas and exhibits made entirely by college students.

A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.

Try your hand at old-fashioned coffee growing at this museum devoted to one of the world's most coveted beans.

A priest with no formal artistic training used basic house paint to create gorgeous religious scenes inside this historic church.