An otherworldly alpine pasture with its own unique microculture that recalls Middle Earth.

Buried for centuries, this hidden cellar is all that remains of London's medieval Whitefriars Monastery.

The world's toughest modern Christian pilgrimage leads directly to the gates of Hell.

One man's quest to fix his toilet unearthed over 5,000 artifacts spanning more than 2,000 years of history.

This small Catskills village has six independent bookstores and more bookshops than restaurants.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

The oldest Dutch colonial stone house in New York City is a hidden gem on the border of Brooklyn and Queens.

A way to take your secrets to someone else's grave.

Dedicated to preserving the history of free Black communities in Brooklyn and beyond.

This small and serene place for quiet reflection on Staten Island was built in China based on the gardens of the Ming Dynasty.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

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

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars.

Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.

A display of torture devices used in the Spanish Inquisition and other scourges of medieval Europe.

This professional clown's home is an outsider art wonderland.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

Natural rock water slides hidden in the remote forests of northern Idaho.

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.