This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

This strangely vacant Western amusement seems to be an empty tribute to residents of Lucerne Valley.

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.

A dozen U.S. presidents have stayed at the historic resort, which was known as James Buchanan’s “Summer White House” from 1857-1861.

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

A retrofuturistic art installation in the Pittsburgh Airport.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

Yo, Adrian!

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

A monumental fountain in Rome features a large statue of Moses that has been criticized for centuries.

An ancient Egyptian obelisk is now used to commemorate fallen Italian soldiers.

Ancient ruins hidden underneath a modern luxury hotel.

The narrowest street in Paris.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

Dating back to the second century, vestiges of prehispanic mural paintings are found in this underground palace.

This pre-Hispanic apartment complex also includes ancestral paintings that point to its military past.

An impressive if morbid collection of mummified remains from different eras of the region's history.