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As fallout from an irrigation project, a formerly cottonwood-lined stream is now a sandy, desolate, post-apocalyptic channel lined with weathered stumps and tumbleweeds.

This 13th-century monastery chiseled into the side of a mountain is equipped with a bridge that can be lifted to protect against raids.

The "All-Seeing Eye of God" symbol on this library is a clue to one of the many former lives of this building.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

One of the best-preserved early 20th-century ore-processing mills in Nevada is maintained in a state of arrested decay.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

These bamboo and rope bridges cross the Nam Khan River for six months every year.

Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.

The only gallery in New York dedicated to olfactory art and the exploration of scent in art.

Part arcade, part museum, this collection features vintage and modern pinball machines.

Legend has this precariously placed rock was placed by giants. Science has another explanation.

The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.

The final resting place of a legendary science fiction author and his fraternal twin sister who died as an infant.

This Little Rock legend has survived decades of rowdy crowds, three fires, and a zombie wedding.

A pub that is literally in the middle of nowhere, but continues to do business.

The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

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

A museum within a former train depot tells the true story of a distinctly French-Louisiana musical genre.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

A building that was once a general store, a speakeasy, and a newspaper office now holds a small gallery filled with New Orleans photography.

Grant Wood painted some of his most famous works of art at this studio.

This small museum is dedicated to one of the most influential, yet obscure, jazz legends of Prohibition.

Remnants of a quarry company town still stand on the banks of the Wapsipinicon River.

The building was originally a gas station built to resemble a Japanese tea house.