Monkton, Maryland
Ladew Topiary Gardens
This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.
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Monkton, Maryland
This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.
Ellicott City, Maryland
Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.
Baltimore, Maryland
Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
New York, New York
A semi-scholarly approach to sex.
New York, New York
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
New York, New York
On the top floor of an upscale department store stands a lavish restaurant housed in a replica of a luxury French dining car.
Queens, New York
A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.
New York, New York
Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.
New York, New York
A Natural History and Science Emporium.
New York, New York
Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.
New York, New York
A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.
New York, New York
Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.
New York, New York
The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.
New York, New York
Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.
Bronx, New York
The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.
Hartsdale, New York
The first pet cemetery in the United States.
Dobbs Ferry, New York
This once-grand marvel of engineering is now 41 miles of scenic hiking trail.
Sleepy Hollow, New York
The home of one of America's most wealthy industrialists is now a historic site that remembers a more decadent time in the country's history.
Yonkers, New York
America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.
Sleepy Hollow, New York
This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.