This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

A one-ton statue of Steve Rogers beautifies the entry to a Brooklyn Bed, Bath & Beyond.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

The former estate of the Guggenheims, part of the opulent Gold Coast that inspired the Great Gatsby.

The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.

Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.

A glimpse at Walt Disney's vision for a "community of tomorrow," in miniature.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

These lush botanical gardens employ the most purrfect pest control force.

The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head after a deadly duel can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories

Con Edison’s exotic and heat-loving pests.

A historic lighthouse steeped in rumors of ghost and pirate stories.