Reforestation in action is the main attraction in this abandoned quarry.

An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.

250-year-old farm now features sculptures, a petting zoo and a hippy-bazaar.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

Native American burial mounds? Giant gopher dens? No one knows what created the Mima Mounds.

Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

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

The Vermont square that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery."

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

The largest Buddha statue in the Western Hemisphere is just 50 miles north of NYC.

The shared home of a utopian commune that practiced "free love" a century before the hippies.

This once-private estate is now a dreamy, meditative garden that's open to the public.

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

Fossilized sea bottom and lime quarry.

A beautiful multicolored mound formed by the mineral deposits of the Orenda Spring.

The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.