Martinique Liftable Dance Floor

Once a safe haven for Black patrons and performers—including Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington—during the Jim Crow era, portions of this nightclub and motel have been restored to welcome a new kind of visitor.

This historic home of the shag is keeping a Southern dance tradition going strong.

A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.

From open waters to open dance floors—this decommissioned ferry has been transformed into a lively nightclub.

This 16th-century building features a flamenco stage on its ground floor and a torture museum on its upper floors.

A time capsule from 1934 Rhodesia, showing the grace and disgrace of a bygone era.

An amateur telescope-making club has been gathering at this Vermont site for more than a century.

This building's name and a plaque are all that's left of what was probably the most important nightclub of the Madchester music scene.