Experience Larry Spring's self-taught "common sense" laws of physics.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

One of the largest Buddhist communities in the West sits on the site of an old hospital.

A working model of a pressure-driven, high-speed rail whizzes around a private vineyard.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

An enchanting tunnel of cypress trees leads to an old morse code station still used today.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."

Check your calendars; you might be attending a drive-in movie or sitting next to a fashion runway.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.

A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

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

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.

Some of the best Persian food in New York comes from the front window of an unassuming pizza shop.

Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.

Test your business savvy and play the market for cocktails at this stock exchange-inspired watering hole.

This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.

This 220-year-old house is a reminder of New York City's Dutch past.

Nope, not Washington Irving's house.

The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.

This abandoned factory on the Hudson River once churned out a million bricks a week.