Arcade chock-full of old timey, whimsical, hand-cranked automata and peepshows.

The colony of South Australia was proclaimed on a hot December day under a distinctively arched gum tree.

Part of a WWII submarine is lurking outside the Washington Navy Yard parking lot.

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

The largest guitar store in the world has been visited by some of music's all-time greats passing through upstate New York.

The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.

A historic recreation of the golden age of the Erie Canal, abandoned for some time, slowly being restored.

This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.

Three acres of mythology-inspired sculptures are visible from the highway.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

This roadside dinosaur park offered up lumpy neon thunder lizards in the name of kitsch and education.

The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

The famous facade of Grand Central Terminal hides a regulation tennis court—and it's not the first one.

Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.