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

Building this tragically pointless stone barrier cost the lives of the prisoners made to build it.

Home of the "true" equator.

An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.

The humble fort that saved Washington.

Brooklyn vintners creating world-class wine in a city not known for its vineyards.

“Wagon Jobber" turned smokehouse magnate's family-owned business is still going strong 100 years later.

Con Edison’s exotic and heat-loving pests.

A cargo of beautiful music.

Two community gardens under the elevated subway lines on a very busy commercial strip in Bushwick.

Micro-distillery in Brooklyn produces New York’s first homemade rum since Prohibition.

This micro-industry of Latino cuisine along Red Hook's Ball Fields represents a victory in a food fight with the city.

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.

These mammoth-yet-narrow crevasses in the Earth are perfect for taking an otherworldly swim.

Since the 1700s, this old barrel has acted as a post box that relies on the kindness of travelers.

A turquoise lake within a volcanic crater.

Massive volcano in the Andes is the farthest point from earth's center.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

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

This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.