Every dish is blessed in this basement eatery beneath a Hare Krishna temple.

The Underground Railroad passed right through this historic Brooklyn Heights church.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

A Collegiate Gothic quadrangle that surrounds an 18th century secondary school whose financing came from the likes of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, among others.

A recently abandoned psych ward at the end of Sanatorium Road.

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

An annual celebration of the infamous, unsolved skyjacking.

A whimsical menagerie of devils, krampuses, satyrs, and other horned creatures.

The unique circular corral belonging to the “Cattle King” of Oregon.

Journey through a bit of nostalgia inside this classic record and video store.

An old World War II hangar holds 20 vintage aircraft and the rare opportunity to take a ride in a 1940s warbird.

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.

1920's mining camp and environmental education center is serving to protect the surrounding forest, one of the last of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.

The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.

Unknown to many, this sparkling turquoise lake hides amid Oregon's snowcapped mountains.