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

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

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.

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

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

A hyper-luxurious, 12,000- square foot home might be buried beneath Queens, still waiting to protect you from nuclear missiles.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

A retired subway car stands alone in a field in the middle of Queens.

The Vatican of the movie industry turned into an actual church.

An isolated beacon with a history of grisly murder and a view of some of literature's greatest inspirations.

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

The last standing puppet theater on Long Island.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.

This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.

Designed by Horace Trumbauer in 1893, this Gothic-style castle is now a home for academics.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

This hidden gem of a garden has one of the only surviving Victorian ferneries in America.

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

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

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