This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

This forgotten beach house built to look like a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece overlooks a hidden beach.

Manhattan and the Bronx have been playing tug-of-war over this former island neighborhood for more than a century.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

Shop while you wait for a table in this tiny Indonesian eatery within a mini-mart.

An everyday Jackson Heights bodega conceals a Mexican seafood paradise.

Chefs from Tibet's Kham region offer steaming meat pies and noodle soups in this nook behind a jewelry store.

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

One Confederate statue that accurately reflects the ugliness of its subject.

A museum that houses the world's largest collection of ventriloquism dummies.

The headquarters of the Fraternitas Rosae Crucis, complete with Rosicrucian pyramids, all in the Pennsylvania woods.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

The final resting place of two members of the infamous Doan gang, notorious outlaws and Revolutionary War Loyalists.

This strange, big-tailed beast became a Pennsylvania town's unofficial mascot.

A historic covered bridge is but one example of an oddly prevalent American urban legend.

A mosaic made of materials gathered from this Brooklyn community adorns the walls of this tunnel.

This unusual apartment building may be Brooklyn's own version of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

The site of a fallen tree that protected Americans from British forces during the American Revolution.

The unassuming structure was part of a Major League Baseball stadium.

A century-old magnolia tree is the only living landmark tree in New York City.

Once a flowing stream and where the USS Monitor, the world's first ironclad, was built and launched.