Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Rat sculptures try to infiltrate the Graybar Building in an architectural tribute to New York City's nautical history.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

This series of landscape dioramas tell the story of New England forestry in exacting miniature detail.

These mysterious petroglyphs in Vermont reflect a troubled history in the treatment of Native American culture.

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, VT.

According to folklore, Vermont's slanted windows were installed to keep witches from flying into the house.

Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

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

This strange, big-tailed beast became a Pennsylvania town's unofficial mascot.

The lost town of Neversink, sunk by New York City.

"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.

One of 100 “Whaling Wall" murals painted in 13 different countries by a renowned marine life artist.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.