This New York estate was designed to resemble a medieval Scottish castle.

The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.

Final resting place for the Triangle Shirtwaist fire’s unidentified victims.

The rustic think-space of famed naturalist John Burroughs stands exactly as he left it.

Haunted Victorian house that inspired a legendary "Ghostbusters" court ruling.

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

Need to book a room at the Hotel Pennsylvania? Just dial up 6-5000.

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

Obscure and obsolete publications are given new life as works of art.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

A historic recreation of the golden age of the Erie Canal, abandoned for some time, slowly being restored.

Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.

Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.

Discover the taste of mold.

The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.

This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.

Records of the dead describe the myriad odd ways people used to die.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.

Three acres of mythology-inspired sculptures are visible from the highway.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.