One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.

Risk arrest while partying to fund art.

This lovely little pond is named after the hundreds of soldiers' corpses that were rolled into the waters during the French-Indian War.

The gilded vestiges of a sterling department store can still be found in a Brooklyn shopping center.

Revolutionary War casualties fill the only 17th century structure remaining in Manhattan.

"Call for the doctor, call for the nurse... Vote!! said the lady with the alligator purse."

You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.

This abandoned ironworks was once the most important military supplier in America.

The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.

An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

This dilapidated castle-like structure overlooks the Hudson River at one of its widest points and was once home to nuns.

At this hidden studio, the dying art of taxidermy is alive and well.

Hidden inside one of the world's most well-visited zoos is a secret plaque promising eternal life.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

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.

Play heads or tails with thousands of different coins.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.

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

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

The life of one of FDR's possible mistresses is preserved in her palatial Hudson Valley mansion.

The largest known open fault in the United States is basically a giant natural refrigerator.

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.