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A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

The failure of one component toppled this entire bridge during rush hour.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

The subterranean "lake" below the Paris opera house inspired the Phantom of the Opera's lair.

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.

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

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.