A mass grave for victims of one of the city’s worst fires.

Con Edison’s exotic and heat-loving pests.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

A Natural History and Science Emporium.

Rat sculptures try to infiltrate the Graybar Building in an architectural tribute to New York City's nautical history.

The most confusing clock in New York.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

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

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

A 60-room castle constructed by a horse-racing heir.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

Come for the gun-toting hillbilly madman, stay for the ice-cream loving basketball bears.

A former zoo turned public park, where visitors can hang out in the old animal cages.

The "original web site," this farm in Northern Vermont encourages orb-weaver spiders to build their daily webs, and then sells the preserved masterpieces.

Cheap art and political theater in Vermont.

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."