Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

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

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.

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

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

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