This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

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

This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

A peaceful international sculpture garden in upstate New York.

The dairy farm in upstate New York where nearly half a million people gathered for three days of peace and music in 1969.

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.

This Central New York ghost town was once a prosperous railroad community.