Remarkably realistic Florida shoal bass "swim" inside this large globoid sculpture.

Despite not growing anywhere near New York City, bananas are ripened in a pressurized room in the Bronx using precise banana science.

A former connection to City Island, it has been abandoned since the 1930s.

Built in the 1920s, this co-op in the Bronx feels more like an Italian villa than a typical New York apartment building.

The former home of a Portuguese poet, artist, and collector is packed to the brim with art.

This Quebec estate is home to the elaborate gardens of a self-taught horticulturist.

Abandoned Italianate architecture on the coast of Maine.

Trinkets and toys lovingly handmade by maximum security prisoners.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

After giving up Michelin glamour for his Amish faith, one chef now makes stellar sausages in a small, off-the-grid shop.

Accessible only by boat, this centuries-old island fort never saw troops or combat.

The house and graveyard used in the Stephen King spine-chiller.

The grave of Mary Nasson is shrouded by witchy legends.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

Small monoliths of several varieties of stone sit alongside a wooded path in the Bronx.

Walk the same tracks that once ferried Gilded Age aristocrats to their vacation destinations.

This museum on a college campus pays tribute to the Arctic and to two explorer alumni.

Scene of the grisly murder of two Norwegian women in 1873.

Plaque remembering the 18th century forced relocation of Acadians.

East meets West in this Japanese-style garden featuring plants native to Maine’s Mount Desert Island.

As communication goes completely wireless, this Maine museum remembers all the wires that got us to this point.

For nearly 200 years the same family has harvested ice from a small pond in eastern Maine.

Toy museum in a former tavern is the expression of one man's life pursuit of the aesthetic power of cartoon imagery.

New England's tallest light house stands on an island with a history of cannibalism and death.