A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

Rusting away on the edge of New Jersey are the remains of a Cold War missile launch site.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Tijuana's legendary jai alai or "basque ball" palace is now a massive music venue.

A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories

Visit the site of a subway powered by nothing more than air--and lots of it.

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

A prohibition era watering hole for the police.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.