An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.

The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.

This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

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

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

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

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.