Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.

An abandoned 19th century quarry in the middle of the woods, remade by unnamed wanderers into a massive series of rock thrones.

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

A way to take your secrets to someone else's grave.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

The largest guitar store in the world has been visited by some of music's all-time greats passing through upstate New York.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

The actor best known for slapstick comedy is memorialized in his home town.

This preserved wilderness hides the remains of a colonial grain mill used to feed George Washington's troops.

On the hills of Bay Ridge stands a house straight out of a fairy tale.

A working monastery hidden away in Brooklyn once abutted the location of a former inebriate's home.

The rare American Civil War-era weapon was never fired in anger.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

Magnificent New Deal Murals evoke a time when New York City harbor was one of the world's greatest and busiest ports.