This small and serene place for quiet reflection on Staten Island was built in China based on the gardens of the Ming Dynasty.

Devotional offerings and pleas for intercession are left at this Depression-era shrine inside a nature preserve.

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.

These 20-foot sculptures will help guide you from the local train station to the local sculpture garden.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

This Hindu temple in suburban New Jersey is the largest in the United States and one of the largest in the world.

The third-tallest lighthouse in the United States stands as a reminder of Atlantic City's early days.

Rising out of a clearing in New Jersey's Pine Barrens is an Aztec-inspired monument to the "Lindbergh of Mexico."

In the heart of the Pine Barrens, entire forests of pitch pines that usually grow 20–90 feet tall only reach six feet in height.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

Once forgotten, this strip of sand was a rare beachside haven for Black Americans in Atlantic City.

One of only two sites in the United States containing the remains of Buddha.

Obscure Freemasons still live in D.C.’s largest private residence.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

Although built to generate electricity for Marylanders, this dam has become an all-you-can-eat buffet for American bald eagles.

This historic lighthouse was well known for the large number of women who served as its keeper.

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.

The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.

The secret behind these nostalgic light fixtures: They're not as old as they may seem.

Bent but not broken, this massive tree has stood in the garden for over a century.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

This sculpture meant to honor the bravery of the Indigenous Mapuche people of Chile proved controversial.

The return of something once considered a basic part of life.