In this beloved beach town, a secret seafood haven lies tucked behind a car wash.

Cold War intelligence agents monitored communist embassies from an attic in a former pigeon coop.

This museum pays homage to a device that precipitated a watershed moment in Finger Lakes food production.

This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.

For those late-night mollusk cravings.

Walk through depictions of the torture inflicted on those who go to Buddhist hell.

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

An abandoned 146-acre summer resort slowly being reclaimed by nature.

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

The block of aged dairy is probably still edible after 2,300 years in a peat bog.