Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

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

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

A no-frills cinephile haven known for showing offbeat, underseen films.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.

This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

Sit at the "Disney table,” where Walt and his team of "imagineers" once dined on the regular.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.