A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

The collection of signage remembers the midcentury pushback against the new neon light.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

Deco Modern sculptures of the people of the Pacific, cast for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.

This landmark building is now a vibrant performing arts space with musical acts from around the world.

An unassuming nature trail winds through dozens of tiny houses built for the wee people.

A feminist who put a pretty face on suffrage when she rode a horse through the Capitol.

Depression-era fun lives on in this Harlem museum dedicated to the sport of the street.

A replica of a 7th-century church hides in plain sight in the middle of the concrete jungle.

Some of the earliest burial grounds of New York State are to be found hidden away in this quaint town.

This humble historic facade hides a history of boozing and the gentlemanly sport of rat-fighting.

Risk arrest while partying to fund art.

The Vatican of the movie industry turned into an actual church.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

This Queens hospital has stood abandoned for almost 20 years after its patients were secretly relocated in the dead of night.

The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!