In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

This outdoor mural is one stop on a walking trail that weaves art and history together to tell a tale of local history.

Some believe Ponce de León's mystical spring lurks right under a public drinking fountain.

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

A historic lighthouse steeped in rumors of ghost and pirate stories.

An abandoned Gold Coast-era mansion once intended for the exiled ruler of Albania, who never arrived.

Spies, love letters, and ghost stories have all left their mark on this home-cum-museum.

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

This museum-within-a-museum pays tribute to "The World's Most Experienced Airline."

The poet Walt Whitman was a frequent visitor to this spot, the highest on Long Island.

A tribute to the hard-working men and women of Grumman, who crafted F-14 fighter jets.

A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.

This graceful little figure is a one-of-a-kind version of the cherished character.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

It looks like a whale, it's part of Yale, and it's best-known by a nickname you can probably work out for yourself.

Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.

This Gothic-style church is reputedly built atop the remains of one of Jesus's apostles.

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

This large round boulder is said to emit spiritual power, but it may just be magnets.

The world's most remote airport.