Once a dumping spot, now a park with a kayak launch.

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

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

A coastal rock outcrop with mysterious inscriptions variously attributed to Native Americans, Portuguese, Phoenicians, Norse, and more.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.

Preserved behind glass, the ruins of a medieval building used to store human remains.

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

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

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."

Site of the graveyard vine believed to be a curse on a family from the 1800s.

The building that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House."