Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

The oldest of only three existing statues of the great novelist stands in a city he did not care for.

One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.

The last remnants of what was once one of the world's grandest hotels can now be found in a Manhattan subway station.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

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

Records of the dead describe the myriad odd ways people used to die.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

The world's largest collection of materials relating to lesbian history is housed in a Brooklyn townhouse.

A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.

The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."