This theater opened in 1998, but both the building and the puppeteers who perform there have a distinguished history.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

The front yard of an Upper East Side town house hides the last fragment of one of New York's most famous theatres.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

Originally built in 1869, this castle is currently part of Felician University's campus.

Seven golden statues rise into the sky from sculptor Victor Victori's New Jersey front lawn.

In the power of this waterfall, Alexander Hamilton saw the potential for industry.

A World War II-era submarine is stuck in the mud in New Jersey.

A whimsical monument deep in this park commemorates the groups that helped build it.

A beautiful maze marks where three countries meet.

A church made of steel.

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

This derelict building used to house infirm Freemasons, their widows, and orphans.

These ornate manhole covers were used for a now-forgotten purpose.

This abandoned cemetery is crumbling into ruin, exposing the artifacts and bodies buried there.

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

In Cold Spring, New York, a shrine containing Godzilla and an assortment of plastic dinosaurs stands dedicated to a teenager who died in a car accident in 1996.

Reforestation in action is the main attraction in this abandoned quarry.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

No monkeying around, this fountain was really named after the classic sci-fi film.

One of the oldest hospitals in the Americas is now decorated in hallucinatory murals.