Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

This lavish room at NYC's French Embassy is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.

A historic 1890s architectural masterpiece with an iconic clock tower that, once open to the public, now faces an uncertain future.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

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

There’s a secret bunker inside the Brooklyn Bridge, but the city won’t say where.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.