The Binghamton area is home to six of the last remaining hand-carved vintage carousels.

Where one of the worst train disasters in the country took place, leading to upgrades in rail safety.

A preserved factory in the "Home of the Carrousel" is now a museum dedicated to the classic wooden ride.

An unprepossessing stone marks the last resting place of one of the most accomplished Native Americans in history.

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

This small road tunnel is the only place where you can cross beneath the Erie Canal.

A rusted blade sticks out from the trunk of this tree, left as a memorial to a young man who left to fight in the Civil War but never returned home.

An unassuming nature trail winds through dozens of tiny houses built for the wee people.

Known by nicknames like the "Jersey Jumper" and the "Daring Yankee," Patch was the first famous daredevil in the United States.

A bar, burger joint, and arcade housed in a late 19th-century church building.

This New York estate was designed to resemble a medieval Scottish castle.

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

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

The small cave that housed Tennessee's "first citizen."

This is probably not the Target you're looking for.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.

For nearly a year, General Ulysses S. Grant was based here during the American Civil War.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

The red letters in the literary pavement leading to the library form a mysterious code.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.

A community-run museum invites visitors to explore Jewish communities before and after the Holocaust.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.