New York, New York
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A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
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New York, New York
A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
Hudson, New York
The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.
Port Jervis, New York
A winding, cliffside stretch of road overlooking the Delaware River.
Brooklyn, New York
Queen Anne style apartment house built in 1886.
Tomkins Cove, New York
Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.
Kingston, New York
The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.
Jackson, New Hampshire
The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.
Montauk, New York
A mysterious air force base built to resemble a Long Island fishing village.
Flanders, New York
A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.
Ridge, New York
The second-largest (of only two in the world) large particle collider is the underdog of experimental physics.
Pompeii, Italy
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Pompeii, Italy
Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.
Portland, Oregon
The magic's in the hole!
Corbett, Oregon
A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.
Ashford, Washington
The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.
Yosemite National Park, California
Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.
Clarksdale, Mississippi
Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.
Seattle, Washington
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
New Paltz, New York
The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.
Woodstock, New York
A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.
Saugerties, New York
One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.
Kings Park, New York
Beneath the mossy overgrowth covering this once-sprawling campus lies decades of history and the secrets that come with it.
Brooklyn, New York
First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.
Brooklyn, New York
A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories