A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

The first pet cemetery in the United States.

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

Site of the first pathological and bacteriological research facility in the United States.

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

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

The origins of midtown Manhattan's anachronistic wooden farmhouse remain a mystery.

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

The site of a gold-digging conquistador's bloody landing in the Americas.

This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

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