A charming museum of natural history featuring dioramas and exhibits made entirely by college students.

This architectural onion has an original 1930's Jerry O'Mahony dining car at its core.

Toy museum in a former tavern is the expression of one man's life pursuit of the aesthetic power of cartoon imagery.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

A peaceful international sculpture garden in upstate New York.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

The rustic think-space of famed naturalist John Burroughs stands exactly as he left it.

This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.

This once-private estate is now a dreamy, meditative garden that's open to the public.

How this Pine Barrens hill got its name is uncertain, but on a good day the view from the fire tower is crystal clear.

A whimsical monument deep in this park commemorates the groups that helped build it.

The only thing better than tubing down New Jersey's scenic Delaware River is doing so while eating a hot dog from a giant floating stand.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

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

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.