Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Monument to a Century of Flight
Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.
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Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.
Sylva, North Carolina
This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.
Wilmington, North Carolina
A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.
Hot Springs, North Carolina
North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.
Wilmington, North Carolina
Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.
Raleigh, North Carolina
This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.
Haines Falls, New York
A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.
Kinderhook, New York
The schoolhouse where Jesse Merwin, the inspiration for the "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" character, once taught.
Brooklyn, New York
Every dish is blessed in this basement eatery beneath a Hare Krishna temple.
Bronx, New York
Hidden inside one of the world's most well-visited zoos is a secret plaque promising eternal life.
Bethel, New York
The dairy farm in upstate New York where nearly half a million people gathered for three days of peace and music in 1969.
Staten Island, New York
This small and serene place for quiet reflection on Staten Island was built in China based on the gardens of the Ming Dynasty.
New York, New York
In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.
New York, New York
An annual extravaganza of Broadway theater memorabilia.
Bronx, New York
The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.
Brooklyn, New York
“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."
Brooklyn, New York
The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.
New York, New York
Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.
New York, New York
A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.
New York, New York
This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.
New York, New York
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
New York, New York
Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.
New York, New York
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
New York, New York
A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."