A large camera obscura, constructed entirely from digitally fabricated components.

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

After just one epic test blast, this literal loose cannon proved too explosive for combat.

A white oak with property rights.

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

This outdoor gallery of sculptures along the East River was once a landfill.

Nine nice parcels of land along a flight path offer a quiet respite... until a plane soars overhead.

A collaborative art project that transformed a neighborhood in NYC's Queens.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

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

The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.

Piano-making empire filled with 200-year-old steam machines still churning out 1,000 instruments a year.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

This monument claims to display the first pot used to cook a famed Southern stew.

The remnants of the fortress that saved Georgia from the Spanish still stand guard on their swampy island.

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.

Carved faces add a touch of magic to this island's impressive oak trees.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.

A half-size replica of the World Trade Center towers above Tulsa.

A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.