A menagerie of concrete animals brought together from across New York City's parks.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

Cooks at this tiny takeout spot grind their rice flour in a stone mill each morning for perfect cheung fun.

Home to some of the last true noodle artisans in New York.

This sculptural piece by the artist Tom Otterness doubles as a jungle gym.

A vibrant, 100-foot-tall mural dedicated to Evelyn Nesbit, the tragic icon of the Gilded Age.

Behind these delicious arepas lies a true New York success story.

The "original web site," this farm in Northern Vermont encourages orb-weaver spiders to build their daily webs, and then sells the preserved masterpieces.

This New England covered bridge is home to the tale of a jilted lover known to haunt the area.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

Small island science organization offers public the chance to participate in research.

A museum dedicated to Nantucket's legacy as the "graveyard of the Atlantic."

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

The island home of an unlucky whaling captain whose story inspired a great American novel.

A pig barn converted into one of the most eclectic residences in Nantucket.

Everyone's favorite neighbor is remembered fondly in this small-town church.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

Visit a sweet shop selling one of the first candies ever made and sold in America.

A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.