An early life spent in this "Old Kentucky Home" inspired the writings of North Carolina's most famous novelist.

This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.

The highest rapid transit station in the world.

A psychedelic tribute to one of Georgia's most unique artistic visionaries, out of place and time in the heart of Atlanta.

Discover the taste of mold.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

Amid the marketing blitz of modern Times Square is an elegant holdover from its showbiz glory days.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

Inside houses a vast collection of military aircraft and missiles spanning the ages.

An abandoned subway tunnel that could have reinvigorated Staten Island still lies somewhere beneath this Brooklyn park.

Brooklyn's Barkaloo Cemetery is the resting place of a scant two bodies.

This hidden park hosts a rogue’s gallery of eccentric architectural obelisks.

This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.

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

One of the first major shipyards in Brooklyn.

If you were standing here on October 5th, 1950, you'd be dead.

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.

Once a dumping spot, now a park with a kayak launch.

A group dedicated to promoting boating, kayaking and environmental education programs.

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.

Nondescript building owned by ExxonMobil working on siphoning Greenpoint Oil Spill out of the ground.

Where one of Greenpoint's "five black arts" was practiced.

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