Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

An authentic replica of an Asian temple and garden hidden amongst the natural beauty of Hawai'i.

Doris Duke's lasting collection of Islamic Art, hidden in a Hawaiian paradise.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.