A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

A beautiful combination of living flora with preserved bones covers the shelves of this shop.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

This chestnut box will not be opened until the country music legend's 100th birthday in 2046.

The art studio of an early 20th-century painter, hidden amid the Great Smoky Mountains.

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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

An old train trestle re-imagined as an Egyptian obelisk.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

The largest bottled beer collection in the world holds over 22,000 unique beer bottles.

The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.