The first evidence of some of the Earth's earliest life was found in this fossilized undersea grotto.

An abandoned horticulture institute gloomily presides over rows of derelict and vine-wrought greenhouses.

Three-story slide through the New Museum.

This once luxurious Catskills resort is now a haunting ruin.

A museum devoted to bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories through exhibitions, education and public programming.

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

An eerie diorama that captures the majestic nature of a few prehistoric-looking beasts.

This exhibit allows visitors to wander through the interior of a replica Ice Age glacial cave.

One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.

A playground the size of a city block is a modernist monument to civic values and public housing.

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

Here be dragons.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

A fire station-turned-church-turned-museum dedicated to the work of seminal light artist Dan Flavin.

Launch vegetables using oversized slingshots at this Fingerlakes winery's roadside attraction.

This Catskills museum preserves stumps from the earliest known fossil forest on Earth.

Fossilized sea bottom and lime quarry.

Abandoned rock quarry now a haven for mountain bikers and hikers.

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

The first and only American institution dedicated to the enduring value of comedy in the United States.

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

A hamlet full of permanent Christmas spirit holds one of the earliest theme parks in the United States.

Eight whimsical acres of metal art.