Flanders, New York
Big Duck
A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.
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Flanders, New York
A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.
Westchester, Illinois
One of the finest examples of a black soil prairie that was barely saved by the Great Depression.
Bronx, New York
A former connection to City Island, it has been abandoned since the 1930s.
Brooklyn, New York
A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.
Brooklyn, New York
A 9-story, poured concrete structure which was used as a glue factory with an indelible smell.
Staten Island, New York
A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.
Queens, New York
Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.
Queens, New York
Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.
Queens, New York
The oldest Dutch colonial stone house in New York City is a hidden gem on the border of Brooklyn and Queens.
Queens, New York
Where the four original members of the Ramones hung out and revolutionized punk rock.
Queens, New York
A mysterious statue of a leather jacket-clad rebel leans coolly on an odd yellow clock.
Queens, New York
Some of New York's best tacos can be found in the back of an unassuming bodega in Queens.
Brooklyn, New York
Before online banking and smartphone apps, there was "commuter banking" in the subway in Downtown Brooklyn.
New York, New York
The French deconstructionist had a weakness for baked goods.
New York, New York
Church in Manhattan holds the bloody sock of Padre Pio, among with many other unusual relics.
New York, New York
This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.
New York, New York
The mummified relics of an American missionary.
New York, New York
The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.
Woodstock, Illinois
This softly rounded mansion was built without corners not to avoid evil spirits, but to make them more comfortable.
Chicago, Illinois
This small, but long-running hobby club has built one of the largest model rail lines in the US.
Syracuse, New York
A reversed traffic signal that was once violently misinterpreted as a statement on British-Irish relations.
San Francisco, California
The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.
Qinhuangdao Shi, China
Where the Great Wall of China meets the sea.