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A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

A miniature city within a city, complete with traffic signs, signals, and streets to teach Baltimore's youth traffic safety laws.

One artist’s scheme to expand museum viewing hours into the evening led to the illumination of an entire city.

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

The oldest military monument in the United States.

The painter who popularized "bulls" and "bears" as symbols for the stock market didn't get a proper headstone for over a century.

A historic lighthouse steeped in rumors of ghost and pirate stories.

The second-largest (of only two in the world) large particle collider is the underdog of experimental physics.

A small Second Empire-style building is one of only seven remaining lighthouses on the Hudson River.

This graceful little figure is a one-of-a-kind version of the cherished character.

One of the largest festivals of flowers in North America takes place, appropriately, in the Flower City.

This whimsically unique butterfly farm focuses solely on creating habitats for the gentle insects.

"Call for the doctor, call for the nurse... Vote!! said the lady with the alligator purse."

A room hidden behind a swinging shelf in the children's section.

This small Catskills village has six independent bookstores and more bookshops than restaurants.

Rat sculptures try to infiltrate the Graybar Building in an architectural tribute to New York City's nautical history.

This tiny little island has, as the name says, just enough room for its single house.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.

See wolves, coyotes, and arctic foxes in a natural environment smack in the middle of New York State.