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A collection of the best toys ever made, The National Toy Hall of Fame is filled with kids, fun, and for some reason, a bird preserve.

Haunted Victorian house that inspired a legendary "Ghostbusters" court ruling.

The origins of midtown Manhattan's anachronistic wooden farmhouse remain a mystery.

The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.

A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.

An isolated beacon with a history of grisly murder and a view of some of literature's greatest inspirations.

A preserved factory in the "Home of the Carrousel" is now a museum dedicated to the classic wooden ride.

This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.

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

This tiny little island has, as the name says, just enough room for its single house.

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.

Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.

This Queens hospital has stood abandoned for almost 20 years after its patients were secretly relocated in the dead of night.

One Brooklyn man's collection of life-size fiberglass statues has taken over his entire yard.

An old dining hall now serves up ghost stories for lusty locals.

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

A perfect replica of the beloved show's first set.

The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.

The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.

An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.

"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.

A formerly abandoned mental institute, now back in business.

The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.