Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

A World War II-era submarine is stuck in the mud in New Jersey.

Featuring the the longest lift span of any vertical-lift bridge in the world.

Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.

On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.

The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.

A giant light 13 feet high shines near Thomas Edison's old Menlo Park lab.

Local lore claims this park is named after a young woman who jumped off a cliff.

The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head after a deadly duel can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.

Once the world's largest reinforced concrete structure, this abandoned bridge now beckons urban explorers.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

This scout retreat, still in use today, was the filming location for the original “Friday the 13th” film.

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

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

The first neighborhood to implement the Garden City model in its suburban planning.

Seller of surplus nuclear research materials.

On the edge of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, these rock formations create an eerie landscape.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.

The 7,000-year-old calcium carbonate formation creates a magnificent natural bridge.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.