Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

This water tower has been a staple of the Rochester skyline since 1931.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

Hear the tales of New York's most notorious criminals.

This Queens hospital has stood abandoned for almost 20 years after its patients were secretly relocated in the dead of night.

Now owned by the National Park Service, this location was once home to illegal boxing matches.

The flagship building of an early national restaurant chain is a superb example of terra cotta art.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

This abandoned artificial island off the coast of New York City is now home to dozens of harbor seals.

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.

The most confusing clock in New York.

The only subway station in the city that still makes use of gap fillers.

The only surviving sidewalk clock in Brooklyn.

Where the Monitor was launched and ushered in the age of the "ironclads."

Once a flowing stream and where the USS Monitor, the world's first ironclad, was built and launched.

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.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

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

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

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