Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

Once called Winthrop Park in 1889, home to a decidedly sexy tribute to the Monitor vs. Merrimac battle.

Once a ferry dock, radio transmitter, and now a new Greenpoint park.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Oldest surviving example of a Dutch saltbox frame house in America.

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

Brooklyn vintners creating world-class wine in a city not known for its vineyards.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

This impressive mansion in Vinegar Hill has some mysterious details in its architecture.

A huge resale shop for the cast-offs of the film & television industry.

Micro-distillery in Brooklyn produces New York’s first homemade rum since Prohibition.

A Red Hook dive bar that is holding onto its roots.

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

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.