Queens, New York
Steinway Piano Factory
Piano-making empire filled with 200-year-old steam machines still churning out 1,000 instruments a year.
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Queens, New York
Piano-making empire filled with 200-year-old steam machines still churning out 1,000 instruments a year.
New Canaan, Connecticut
Home of Philip Johnson, one of the 20th century's most influential architects.
Bronx, New York
The loneliest island in New York.
New York, New York
The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.
North Salem, New York
Glacial erratic or man-made dolmen? It probably wasn't druids.
Karpacz, Poland
On this Polish road, an optical illusion makes cars seem to roll uphill.
Nervesa della Battaglia, Italy
Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.
New York, New York
Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.
Brooklyn, New York
A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.
New York, New York
A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.
Bangor, Maine
The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.
New York, New York
A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.
England
Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.
New York, New York
An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."
Tintagel, England
A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.
San Francisco, California
Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.
Seattle, Washington
A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.
Boston, Massachusetts
Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.
Roscoe, New York
An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.
New York, New York
More gold than anywhere else, ever.
Venice, Italy
This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.
Brooklyn, New York
The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.
Lancaster, California
Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.