Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

This backwater graveyard in the Hamptons became a trendy burial spot and posthumous status symbol for famous artists.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.

New York's oldest concrete structure is being preserved thanks to the gentrification of Whole Foods.

The mass grave of a heroic Revolutionary War regiment sits below an empty lot near the Gowanus Canal.

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.

This historic old movie house was the scene of one of the Blob's most iconic attacks.

One of the deadliest American air disasters is nearly forgotten in Brooklyn.

This metal eagle one of the final remnants of a newspaper that wanted to keep Brooklyn to Brooklyn.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.