One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

Site of the first pathological and bacteriological research facility in the United States.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

This outdoor gallery of sculptures along the East River was once a landfill.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

What’s a sure fire way to end up in jail in New York in the 1920s? Peddling bad moonshine.

A strip of modern stores in historic buildings.

There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

Currently housing a corporate bank branch this building at the southern tip of Manhattan was once the gateway to luxury vacationing.

The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

One of the deadliest American air disasters is nearly forgotten in Brooklyn.

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

An abandoned dollhouse factory.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.