A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

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 highest rapid transit station in the world.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

This elaborate tunnel is the first structure composed of cast concrete in the United States.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.

No matter how many times this community-run sauna gets destroyed, it always rises from the ashes.

The stoic structure boasts a whimsical set of stained glass art commemorating Lewis Carroll.