Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

The Binghamton area is home to six of the last remaining hand-carved vintage carousels.

A gazebo that inspired the fifth episode of the "Twilight Zone" still stands in the creator's hometown

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.

The remains of a failed subway in upstate New York is now an underground graffiti bunker.

A bar, burger joint, and arcade housed in a late 19th-century church building.

One of the largest festivals of flowers in North America takes place, appropriately, in the Flower City.

The largest guitar store in the world has been visited by some of music's all-time greats passing through upstate New York.

An antique cemetery in New York, this land is home to any number of famed corpses.

A room hidden behind a swinging shelf in the children's section.

The floor-to-ceiling collection in an old factory is a unique alternative to stuffy galleries.

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.

The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.

Comprehensive gaming collection of over 30,000 electronic games and consoles.

The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."

A recreated sign from the movie Jumanji has become a makeshift tribute to the film's late star.

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.

A town wears its heart on the sleeve of a smiling girl, arms flung wide open in a cheerful greeting for all who encounter her.

According to the experts at the Guinness World's Record office, this is the longest candy counter in the world.