Adherence to strict Jewish laws is required to enter this ultra-conservative New York village.

The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.

Teddy Roosevelt’s famous “midnight ride to the presidency" started at this small lake high up in the Adirondacks.

A hamlet full of permanent Christmas spirit holds one of the earliest theme parks in the United States.

A giant roll of mints marks the birthplace of one of America's most famous candy brands.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

Three gardens with toilets and urinals filled with bright flowers started as a protest against zoning rules.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

A Yiddish theater turned movie house turned rock and roll landmark turned gay disco turned bank.

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

A Red Hook dive bar that is holding onto its roots.

A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.

A veritable variety of odds and ends.

A huge resale shop for the cast-offs of the film & television industry.

A museum devoted to bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories through exhibitions, education and public programming.

Spiral-bound community recipes and antiquarian gems mingle at this small East Village shop.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.