The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.

The last of Philadelphia's wood-paved streets is now a landmark of terrible engineering.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

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

Yo, Adrian!

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

Where America's first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

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

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

A giant ball made from pieces of an old Jeep.

This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.

Long hidden under grime, the politically radical murals of a little known Yugoslavian master are finally getting their due.

An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.

Pittsburgh's literal underground railroad.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

This picturesque stream was up until recently the site of a ten story mountain of slag and sewage.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.