New York, New York
Pneumatic System of the New York Public Library
One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
New York, New York
One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.
Calistoga, California
California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.
North Miami Beach, Florida
St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.
Chicago, Illinois
A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.
Delta, Utah
Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.
Friday Harbor, Washington
This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.
Sevierville, Tennessee
Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.
Key Largo, Florida
Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.
Spring Mills, Pennsylvania
Sail through this subterranean show cave that is home to a legend that would go on to name nearly everything around it.
New Orleans, Louisiana
In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.
Los Angeles, California
A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.
Fort Collins, Colorado
This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.
San Jose, California
San Francisco Bay's ghost town.
New York, New York
For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."
Rougemont, North Carolina
A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.
Winslow, Arizona
A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.
Ludlow, California
One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.
Montezuma, New Mexico
A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.
Three Rivers, California
These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.
Bronx, New York
Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.
Chicago, Illinois
A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.
Silverado, California
The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.
Astoria, Oregon
The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.
Los Angeles, California
Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.