A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.

The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

One kilometer of thick brass rod laid out before your eyes.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

A collection of unique outdoor sculptures surounded by the beauty of nature.

An exhibition space dedicated to American outsider art created between the 18th and 21st centuries.

The remains of what was once the world's steepest passenger funicular.

A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.

Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.

The first "Hall of Fame" in America was designed by legendary Gilded Age architect Stanford White for what was then the NYU uptown campus.

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

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

The life of one of FDR's possible mistresses is preserved in her palatial Hudson Valley mansion.

Offbeat arts organization that hosts exhibitions, events, and explorations.

Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.

Harlem park dedicated to compulsive hoarders killed by their own junk.

This tiny little island has, as the name says, just enough room for its single house.

Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.

The last remnants of what was once one of the world's grandest hotels can now be found in a Manhattan subway station.

Every animal in the torah taxidermied and crammed into a Brooklyn townhouse.

The best B-movies filmed on a shoestring budget were born here.