These huge stone ovens in the desert fueled the Nevada silver boom, and may have also been a hideout for outlaws.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

Some of the earliest burial grounds of New York State are to be found hidden away in this quaint town.

An abandoned Gold Coast-era mansion once intended for the exiled ruler of Albania, who never arrived.

An isolated beacon with a history of grisly murder and a view of some of literature's greatest inspirations.

The former estate of the Guggenheims, part of the opulent Gold Coast that inspired the Great Gatsby.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.

Enormous one time fiber mill now houses local artists and small businesses.

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

The competition: breathe deeply as long as you can.

Manhattan and the Bronx have been playing tug-of-war over this former island neighborhood for more than a century.

A strangely angled West Village home is the only monument to an explosion that took the lives of three American revolutionaries.

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

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

This former crime corner has been turned into an eclectic community center.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.