An isolated beacon with a history of grisly murder and a view of some of literature's greatest inspirations.

The great American road trip, but smaller.

The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.

A sewing machine tycoon built this miniature castle for the people and to beautify a lakeshore.

Church in Manhattan holds the bloody sock of Padre Pio, among with many other unusual relics.

The floor-to-ceiling collection in an old factory is a unique alternative to stuffy galleries.

The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.

Western New York's largest independent bookstore doubles as a historical repository of all things Niagara Falls.

This small Catskills village has six independent bookstores and more bookshops than restaurants.

Possibly the smallest church in the world floats in the middle of a pond.

The life of one of FDR's possible mistresses is preserved in her palatial Hudson Valley mansion.

The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.

The gravestone of the suffragist leader attracted extra visitors during the 2016 election.

A collaborative art project that transformed a neighborhood in NYC's Queens.

This abandoned cemetery is crumbling into ruin, exposing the artifacts and bodies buried there.

A peaceful international sculpture garden in upstate New York.

The world’s largest collection of Tiffany glass sits in a warehouse in Queens.

"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.

Quite possibly the last cross all humans will ever see.

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

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.

This collection started by a Cornell professor once held more than 600 human brain specimens, including the one that belonged to its founder.

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

The mummified relics of an American missionary.