Legend has it this historic port was a popular hideout and smuggling spot for pirates.

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

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

New York's oldest magic store.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

There is beauty and history in the ruins of this former company town.

A fiberglass jungle, deep in the wilds of the Cleveland suburbs.

This tiny museum kept in a B&B laundry room holds the death mask of notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.

A record-size collection of wild-haired troll dolls tells the story of the mythical creature's roots in Scandinavian folklore.

An office built to look like a giant basket.

A county library in rural Ohio houses one of the finest mineral collections in the world.

The ruins of the suspension bridge hang over Kingsbury Run as a ghost of racial prejudice.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

Acres of English cottage gardens, unexpectedly nestled in a Cleveland suburb.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

This lovely university observatory continues to sit abandoned since its potential savior was sent to jail for fraud.

This abandoned bridge to nowhere stands secluded in the woods of a Cleveland suburb.