The former estate of the Guggenheims, part of the opulent Gold Coast that inspired the Great Gatsby.

A millionaire's abandoned swimming pool from the gilded age of one of America's most distinguished families.

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

Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

Discover the taste of mold.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.

A museum, art project, and institution that demands we look at the world around us in a strange new way.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

Become a prohibition rebel.