Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

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

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

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

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

At the time of its completion, it was the tallest dam in the world.

A collection of the best toys ever made inside a museum devoted to play.

The third version of this tall sailing ship sits, rusted and burnt, in Lake Ontario.

This vessel is believed to be the oldest operating fireboat in the world.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

A time capsule of Floridian history fights to survive on the banks of Chokoloskee Bay.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.