Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

This large stone residence served as a field hospital during the Battle of Gettysburg between stints as a tavern.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

Where one of Greenpoint's "five black arts" was practiced.

Now owned by the National Park Service, this location was once home to illegal boxing matches.

Headquarters of the world's fourth largest Hasidic sect and the first of many "770s" around the world.

A retired oil tanker now offering amazing views of New York City.

The graveyard holds the remains of Irish immigrants who arrived in Queens after fleeing the Great Famine.

Slurp sesame noodles at the third-generation family-run establishment that invented them.

Cooks at this tiny takeout spot grind their rice flour in a stone mill each morning for perfect cheung fun.

The final resting place of some of Staten Island's earliest settlers and their descendants.

Home to some of the last true noodle artisans in New York.

During the American Revolution, this mansion hosted failed peace talks between the British and Americans.

Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

Brooklyn vintners creating world-class wine in a city not known for its vineyards.

The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.

The former home of the reclusive "Weird Wendels" who dominated New York real estate a century before Donald Trump.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

The mosaic Star of David at the front of this store hints that it's no ordinary Italian grocer.

A young woman's senseless murder led to the controversial psychological theory of the "bystander effect."