This zoological museum began as the first great curiosity cabinet.

An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

Beneath the mossy overgrowth covering this once-sprawling campus lies decades of history and the secrets that come with it.

A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.

Hidden beyond a kitschy giant beetle is this remarkably sprawling collection of preserved insects.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

The last slot car racing arcade in Brooklyn is keeping the dream of speedy little autos alive.

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.