A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

There's a piece of New York City transportation history hidden in plain sight at a Manhattan subway stop.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Recovered suit of a cannibalistic West African gang.

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

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

"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

The story of a Floridian city as told through an obscure sport for retirees.

The so-called "world's shortest river" is actually a window into a cave.

The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

Visitors are welcome to enter this lush Key West sanctuary to entertain its plethora of rescued parrots.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

A small poultry graveyard in the courtyard of a popular Key West watering hole.