Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

The French deconstructionist had a weakness for baked goods.

Where you can hail your favorite fictional commanders-in-chief.

Out of a labyrinth of abandoned tunnels and stops, this Queens subway station is arguably the most mysterious—if it exists at all.

In this small strip mall resides the largest collection of original art from the famed TV artist.

A Wes Anderson-esque lighthouse that boasts magnificent coastal views.

An abandoned dollhouse factory.

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

Four cars from the old system were once on display, but were removed in 2014.

"Leave a He-Man, Take a Transformer" and share a story about your real-life superhero.

Once called Winthrop Park in 1889, home to a decidedly sexy tribute to the Monitor vs. Merrimac battle.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

A no-frills cinephile haven known for showing offbeat, underseen films.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.

This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.