Deep under Manhattan is the largest construction project in city history. So far, the project has taken the lives of 23 workers, or "a man a mile."

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

Rocks that take on the likenesses of several recognizable living entities crowd the Wang dong Rock Quarries.

Japan and South Korea both lay claim to islands inhabited by one woman.

The site of many tense prisoner exchanges across the Military Demarcation Line between North and South Korea.

The best place for scenic views of the DMZ and North Korea.

The world's first cruise ship-shaped hotel is perched atop a cliff.

Landbridge created by the South Korean version of Moses.

This former coal mine has been turned into a sprawling modern art complex.