An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

Beautiful scenery, history, science, and physics come together in this remnant of shipping lore.

On the shores of Lake Superior, a small group of monks makes sacred sweets.

Those belting out show tunes in this West Village piano bar might not realize it marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

This old-fashioned candy shop, ice cream parlor, and diner served as the setting for one of TV's most controversial series finales.

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

This little barrel-shaped cottage by Lake Superior was once a cartoonist's summer retreat.

This 19th-century ghost town offers a stunning view of Lake Michigan and a journey through the region's industrial past.

This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.

These century-old townhouses contain some of the first car garages built in the United States.

This interactive gallery makes you feel like you've stepped into a fantasy world filled with whimsical monsters.

An illegally built ramshackle mansion tucked in the middle of Brooklyn is now being turned into condominiums.

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

This metal eagle one of the final remnants of a newspaper that wanted to keep Brooklyn to Brooklyn.