This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

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

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

An old-timey wax exhibition campily depicting New Orleans legends and scandals.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

This Bronx apartment building is officially recognized as the birthplace of hip-hop.

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

An activist who committed her life to peace and women's suffrage.

This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

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

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

The most confusing clock in New York.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.