An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.

Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

An enormous cat made of recycled wood scraps.

The mansion home of author Edith Wharton.

Over fifty whirling pools left by the glacial age.

This isolated community does not want you to visit.

The rustic think-space of famed naturalist John Burroughs stands exactly as he left it.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

For over 80 years, Mayan ruins stood proudly in a most unlikely location.

A distillery built on (and above!) mobster Dutch Schultz's Prohibition-era underground moonshine business.

This natural rock "church" might not be a proper chapel but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.

This whimsically unique butterfly farm focuses solely on creating habitats for the gentle insects.

The second largest maple syrup producer in the U.S. runs a high-tech operation.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

A famed data visualizer's personal sculpture garden is a landscape of modern and megalithic wonders.

More than a century of radio history is told in these displays.

An abandoned Depression-era zoo hidden just off the highway.

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

One philanthropist's extensive collection of knick-knacks and curiosities is now a public museum of oddity.

Eight whimsical acres of metal art.

It was founded by Ralph Nader to educate the public about an often-maligned area of law.

Locals purchased this abandoned quarry in order to make sure it continues to be overgrown.