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Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

This Queens beer hall preserves a German culture and language that is all but lost.

This Buffalo museum hides an Art Deco gas station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

The oldest Dutch colonial stone house in New York City is a hidden gem on the border of Brooklyn and Queens.

The quarry was abandoned over 100 years ago, after a massive ammunition explosion ended in tragedy.

This sprawling woodland estate was the brainchild of iconic American industrial designer Russel Wright.

The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.

One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.

An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.

This New York estate was designed to resemble a medieval Scottish castle.

"Call for the doctor, call for the nurse... Vote!! said the lady with the alligator purse."

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

A mysterious, abandoned building rotting on the Brooklyn waterfront.

The dairy farm in upstate New York where nearly half a million people gathered for three days of peace and music in 1969.

The life of one of FDR's possible mistresses is preserved in her palatial Hudson Valley mansion.

Play heads or tails with thousands of different coins.

This small Catskills village has six independent bookstores and more bookshops than restaurants.

A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.

The remains of what was once the world's steepest passenger funicular.

The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.

Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.

A 19th century hat factory still stands as a crumbling ruin in upstate New York.

Underneath the bustling city streets, a hydroponic farm grows unique herbs in an urban oasis.

The most unloved grain elevator in Brooklyn was a “Magnificent Mistake.”