A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

A curious art piece along a lovely biking trail marks several historic floods via a series of colorful poles that represent floodwater heights.

The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.

From golden eagles to peregrine falcons, this rehabilitation and education center is a haven for birds of prey.

This triangular lighthouse is one of the most modern in the U.S.

There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.

Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.

This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.

Twenty-three trees, each paired with a basalt stone, line a street in Chelsea, continuing an urban project started by German Fluxus artist Joseph Beuys.

Manhattan's deadly West Side railroad, which killed hundreds of New Yorkers, is remembered by this simple plaque.

Hidden behind a gate in Greenwich Village is a little farmhouse that once served as the writing studio of a bestselling author.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

Kenyan restaurant is a carnivore's paradise, serving exotic meats at its ultimate 'Beast of a Feast.'

The memorial honors the lives of rhinoceroses killed by poachers.

Get tall with nature's lankiest beasts and their warthog friends at this Kenyan preserve.

This candy shop has been serving up sweets to the Louisville area since the 1850s.

The menus here are a love letter to the culinary history of New Orleans.

Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.

One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.