This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

The largest tidal whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

This 19th century granite fortification is one of the most well preserved forts in New England.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

Sculptures, jams, and the wild west collide at this folksy retreat.

The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.

This colorful theme park dedicated the official fruit of Maine serves sweet, tasty treats.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

The eccentric mansion of one the most popular horror authors of modern times.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

A 12,000-year-old bog boasting rare plants and fauna.

Nature and religion are reunited at this unconventional church in the forest.

Rock face that shares a name with Mary Shelley's famous doctor.

A former zoo turned public park, where visitors can hang out in the old animal cages.

A short nature trail winds through the greatest works of poet Robert Frost.

Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.