This Great Depression-era creation was once known as the strangest house in the world.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

This Quebec estate is home to the elaborate gardens of a self-taught horticulturist.

A 400-square foot model of historic Quebec is the playing field for a state of the art light and sound show.

This former prison now houses a lovely library devoted to Quebec's oft-maligned English-speaking history.

Several times a year, during low tide, two pairs of historic train tracks are revealed on this New Jersey beach.

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

This narrow shop in the East Village hosts a matchmaking service for the new millennium.

The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."

Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

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

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.