The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

This abandoned radar station from the Cold War era now only broadcasts a seriously ominous air of isolation.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?

Abandoned 19th century homes once occupied by naval officers, soon to be demolished.

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

A Belgian self-built tower inspired by the Bible and ancient civilizations.

A beautiful maze marks where three countries meet.

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

The once-abandoned 140-year-old hotel used in the movie "In Dreams."

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.