A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

One of the best examples of Art Deco architecture in the United States.

The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

New York's oldest magic store.

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

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

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

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

This feline raises a friendly paw at drivers barreling toward the freeway.