This bronze statue commemorates the life of the first Black American to publish a novel in the United States.

This humble resting place belongs to one of history's most celebrated restaurateurs.

One of the few brewers in the U.S. experimenting with hop-free beers.

This eclectic homestead is home to a miniature windmill and Connecticut's last tollbooth.

An actual piece of the Moon, brought down to Earth by Apollo 15.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

The world's only and thus largest collection of its kind celebrates everyday wonder through simple umbrella sheaths.

One of the few institutions in the United States devoted to the art of decorative bird carving.

The only remaining historic maritime signal station in the United States.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

A garment factory hides a small Dominican eatery in the hallway to its freight elevator.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.

The former home of the reclusive "Weird Wendels" who dominated New York real estate a century before Donald Trump.

This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.

A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

An abandoned 19th-century iron factory perched along the outskirts of an idyllic village.

The ruins of a 13th-century monastery that long served as a place of refuge from wars and raids.

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.