A charming museum of natural history featuring dioramas and exhibits made entirely by college students.

The only remaining historic maritime signal station in the United States.

A decidedly out of place statue memorializes the Blues Brothers characters at this water bottling plant.

Its unique collection details the history of the state's svelte railroads.

Archaeological sites and great food inside the island's largest mangrove forest.

This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).

This museum pays homage to a device that precipitated a watershed moment in Finger Lakes food production.

This peaceful gem in upstate New York was chosen as the future home of the 14th Dalai Lama's Library and Museum.

A journey through military artifacts and the history of Cortland.

This tile-work piece featuring a chicken riding in carriage is both a remarkable artistic creation and a social commentary of politics and culture in 17th-century Portugal.

Catering to broken dolls for almost 200 years, this repair shop is now a charnel house of doll parts.

The corpse bride of Portugal.

At night, bats patrol this magnificent 18th-century space in search of book-eating pests.

Legend tells how a Spanish soldier disappeared from this isolated sentry box without a trace.

The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.

Haunting monument to the German Jewish philosopher who died while fleeing fascism.

Wonderland replication in progress by one persistent man.

An enchanting monastery in the Spanish countryside appears lifted from a fantasy tale.

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.

Every animal in the torah taxidermied and crammed into a Brooklyn townhouse.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

This leafy estate is worth $18 million and is so grand it has two mailing addresses.