This metal eagle one of the final remnants of a newspaper that wanted to keep Brooklyn to Brooklyn.

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.

Hundreds of numbered stakes hidden in the woods mark the graves of the lost souls of a nearby asylum.

A historic lighthouse steeped in rumors of ghost and pirate stories.

The second-largest (of only two in the world) large particle collider is the underdog of experimental physics.

This century-old independent movie theater with an iconic Art Deco neon sign survived a devastating fire in 2016.

A long abandoned hospital building on the outskirts of NYC.

Now a retreat center for the faithful, it once provided training for clergy—but it began as a farm owned by a famed financier and his opera singer wife, who built a surprise in the backyard.

The poet Walt Whitman was a frequent visitor to this spot, the highest on Long Island.

Beneath the mossy overgrowth covering this once-sprawling campus lies decades of history and the secrets that come with it.

A tiny islet just off Long Island offers a wealth of infectious curiosities.

This cemetery holds the remains of an accused witch and the man that ensured her freedom.

This old-fashioned candy shop, ice cream parlor, and diner served as the setting for one of TV's most controversial series finales.

The famed poet was born in 1819 in a farmhouse built by his father.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

This museum-within-a-museum pays tribute to "The World's Most Experienced Airline."

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.

This abandoned cemetery is crumbling into ruin, exposing the artifacts and bodies buried there.

This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.