Two mermen, eternally spitting into each other's mouths.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.

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

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

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.

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

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

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.

Some 2,000 carvings show this rare desert spring has been an oasis for travelers for over a thousand years.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

A classic carnival ride that was carved to be untouchable.

The residents at this Yellowstone wildlife park will certify your cooler as "bear-proof."

With over 340,000 artifacts and counting, there is something for everyone, often called the "Smithsonian of the West."