This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

Hidden behind West Philadelphia rowhomes is a haven for migratory and local bird species both ordinary and rare.

The first American axe throwing club.

This Philly landmark has a giant butterfly pavilion, three floors of insect displays, and withstood a $40,000 heist.

In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

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

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

As communication goes completely wireless, this Maine museum remembers all the wires that got us to this point.

This eclectic natural history collection holds everything from a bit of the trans-atlantic cable to Hemingway's marlin.

This museum on a college campus pays tribute to the Arctic and to two explorer alumni.

This massive solar system model is sprawled out across Maine's suburban wilderness.

A son's promise to his dying father in the form of a covered bridge filled with thousands of seashells.

The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.

A strange mark in the stone fence of a cemetery fabled to have been made by the Devil himself.

New England's tallest light house stands on an island with a history of cannibalism and death.

This colorful theme park dedicated the official fruit of Maine serves sweet, tasty treats.

Explore the dark underground corridors of this graffiti-covered former military fortification.

The house and graveyard used in the Stephen King spine-chiller.