Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

After hundreds of years of settlement, this once-bustling fishing village sunk into the Chesapeake Bay.

An isolated island home to one of the oldest English-speaking communities in the region and Maryland's state dessert.

Once a kitschy symbol for a gift shop, this 38-foot seahorse is now a staple roadside attraction.

The Atlantis of Cape Cod reemerges during the lowest of tides.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.

This architectural onion has an original 1930's Jerry O'Mahony dining car at its core.

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

A charming museum of natural history featuring dioramas and exhibits made entirely by college students.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.

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

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.