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A young woman's senseless murder led to the controversial psychological theory of the "bystander effect."

Join in a Seance at the Swedenborgian Church.

The world's largest collection of materials relating to lesbian history is housed in a Brooklyn townhouse.

This interactive gallery makes you feel like you've stepped into a fantasy world filled with whimsical monsters.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

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

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

This enchanting forest trail leads to ethereal abodes and a giant bird's nest.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

This Rococo church is known as the most beautiful village church in the world, and does not disappoint.

A complimentary beverage is offered to the bodega's resident rodents every day.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.