San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

Visiting dignitaries and Hollywood stars once stayed at this 1920s hotel, alongside ghosts that are said to haunt its corridors.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.

The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.

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

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.

Sip coffee and talk politics at this landmark cafe in Astoria's Little Egypt, a contender for the title of America's first hookah bar.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

The competition: breathe deeply as long as you can.

Failed state-supported institution meant to rehabilitate students with intellectual disabilities.

The best B-movies filmed on a shoestring budget were born here.

This small and serene place for quiet reflection on Staten Island was built in China based on the gardens of the Ming Dynasty.

Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.

A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

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

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.