This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

This strange example of the Egyptian Revival architecture trend now holds Mardi Gras floats.

Buried beneath the New Mexico sands are believed to be millions of copies of Atari's E.T. video game.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

The taxidermy remains of the most popular pony in children's literature.

Extraordinary objects lurk in this quintessential regional museum.

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

This unique historical monument features large concrete spheres designed to resemble fallen stars.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

This Virginia railway overpass is said to be haunted by a serial killer in a rabbit costume.