Legendary private island in the Bronx...devoid of rats.

This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.

This Catskills museum preserves stumps from the earliest known fossil forest on Earth.

This exhibit allows visitors to wander through the interior of a replica Ice Age glacial cave.

Oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States.

Homemade rockets, dinosaurs, and robots make this New York small business much more than a furniture store.

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

This small road tunnel is the only place where you can cross beneath the Erie Canal.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

A collection of the best toys ever made, The National Toy Hall of Fame is filled with kids, fun, and for some reason, a bird preserve.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.

This collection started by a Cornell professor once held more than 600 human brain specimens, including the one that belonged to its founder.

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

An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.

A museum dedicated to a unique ecosystem.

This centuries-old graveyard is the final resting place of the Fort Fisher Hermit.

A museum celebrating rare American motorcycles where everything runs—and none of it quietly.

One of the oldest Black communities in western North Carolina and one of the largest Black Mennonite congregations in the country.

Inside this old train depot resides a multi-line model train covering western North Carolina.

A water pumping station disguised as a residential home to assuage concerned neighbors now tricks most passersby.

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

From golden eagles to peregrine falcons, this rehabilitation and education center is a haven for birds of prey.