Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.

From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.

These small stands sell Malian snacks to worshippers and passersby after Friday prayers in Harlem.

This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.

A tunnel once abandoned now thrives with graffiti art as an off-limits makeshift gallery.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.

This giant boulder is sandwiched between apartment complexes in upper Manhattan.

The ruins of a cotton mill that was burned in the Civil War are still hidden in a Georgia forest.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

This city block-long devotional site, a replica of a famous site in France, is dedicated to the patron saint of grandmothers, mothers, and educators.

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

Hidden in the New Mexico desert southeast of Roswell, nine small deep lakes formed inside sinkholes.

Inside this small museum resides a strange mix of miniature collections passed down over time.

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

Taos Pueblo recipes, foraged ingredients, and outdoor ovens define the menu at this eatery.

Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.