The famous author's cottage hideaway.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

Whale bones, scrimshaw, and sperm oil make up just a part of this comprehensive collection of whaling history.

An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

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

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.

A crumbling staircase in upper Manhattan is all that remains of one of the most important sites in sports history.