This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

Incredible sculptures inspired by obscure passages from the Bible.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

New York's oldest magic store.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

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

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.