One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

New York's oldest magic store.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

A jewel of early electric boosterism once again charms Connecticut's historic "Hat City."

A parade of antique steeds offers a quirky ride through history.

This historic railway museum may have lost its passengers but not its love for trains.

How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?

House used in the 1971 horror film "Let's Scare Jessica to Death."

A quirky assortment of musical marvels from around the world.

These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.

This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.

Home of Philip Johnson, one of the 20th century's most influential architects.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

This secluded walking trail is a hidden gem of a Pittsburgh park.

The aggressively banal name of this underground fortress of bureaucracy does little to evoke its truly surreal existence.

According to local myth this cemetery is half evil spirits, half good—split down the middle.