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Thousands of bottles that have held everything from poison to perfume make up the collection of this small museum.

The return of something once considered a basic part of life.

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

A 10-foot-tall concrete Alley Oop statue left over from World War II now stands on the side of the road.

Where one of the worst train disasters in the country took place, leading to upgrades in rail safety.

Storage warehouse of the rich and famous.

The East Village tenement from the cover of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 album has a tea shop on the ground floor.

This backwater graveyard in the Hamptons became a trendy burial spot and posthumous status symbol for famous artists.

A playground the size of a city block is a modernist monument to civic values and public housing.

This vessel is believed to be the oldest operating fireboat in the world.

A riverfront park that both remediated and preserved its industrial past.

This sprawling taxidermy collection celebrates the art and history of sport hunting.

The "last holdout of the Confederacy” actually sat at the edge of the Canadian border.

Headquarters of the world's fourth largest Hasidic sect and the first of many "770s" around the world.

Take an underground boat ride through a former hydraulic raceway that was built in the late 19th century.

The private island of Yale's elite Skull & Bones society is kind of a dump.

For a buck, students can snag freshly picked apples grown in the university orchards.

The highest rapid transit station in the world.

Devotional offerings and pleas for intercession are left at this Depression-era shrine inside a nature preserve.

Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.

A historic lighthouse steeped in rumors of ghost and pirate stories.

Enormous one time fiber mill now houses local artists and small businesses.

This elaborate High Victorian Gothic structure is one of the world's few 16-sided buildings.

Nine nice parcels of land along a flight path offer a quiet respite... until a plane soars overhead.