A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

The shop where the girl who inspired the beloved character once bought sweets is now a book-themed commercial curiosity.

This once sprawling resort now sits abandoned, filled with graffiti and vibrant colors from an era long passed.

Alexander Hamilton’s creation caused quite a bit of controversy.

A humble air museum located in an original World War II aircraft factory.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

American artist J. Alden Weir purchased this 60-acre estate for $10 and a painting.

Hidden behind a Target are pillows of cooled lava that formed at the bottom of a deep lake in the Mesozoic Era.

The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.

A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.

The graffitied ruins stand hidden within the Pennsylvania woods.

A 19th century hat factory still stands as a crumbling ruin in upstate New York.

This relic of 19th-century infrastructure is one of the few remaining coal gas storage tanks in the U.S.

A lone tower rises above the cliffs in a city park, offering fantastic views of the Connecticut landscape.

This Central New York ghost town was once a prosperous railroad community.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

A mural in rural Georgia welcomes visitors to a fictional Missouri town.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.

Edison's cast-in-place concrete houses were a failure, but way ahead of their time.

This little-known Revolutionary War fort is supposedly haunted by the ghosts of its past.

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

Forgotten under the construction of a new urban roadway is a small, abandoned part of town.