A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

An eponymous directional signpost erected by the first president of the United States.

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

This statue honors the author's groundbreaking family story.

This lovely pocket park is one of the most under appreciated in D.C.

Outside the Department of Transportation, a collection of artifacts honors the history of how we get around.

This lonely waterfront memorial to the men of the Titanic was erected by the "Women of America."

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

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

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

Take in a rare, face-to-face glimpse of Lady Liberty at this tucked away Red Hook park.

Two New York rooftops are home to the largest rooftop soil farms in the world.

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

2,000 barrels of aging beer hidden in a warehouse at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.