Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

Site of the first pathological and bacteriological research facility in the United States.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

Where Santa Claus held up a Texas bank and started a statewide manhunt.

Hike the ruins of a zoo that was shut down by an unsolved murder.

This giant mimetic milk bottle has encouraged Route 66 travelers to choose dairy since 1948.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.

A homage to the King at the hotel where he revived his career.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

This unusual lava tube spouts seawater during high surf.

A unique set of caves that spits waves back out into the ocean.

On Waikīkī Beach, a monument to four extraordinary individuals of dual male and female spirits who brought the healing arts from Tahiti to Hawai'i.

A glass display case holds the document that ended the Second World War—which one person signed on the wrong line.

An ode to one of the first concerts broadcast via satellite.

Hawai'i's oldest wooden house was shipped around Cape Horn from Boston in 1820.