The final resting place of a former Dodgers and Mets player can be found in central Brooklyn, in the first diocesan cemetery for Catholics in the borough.

This pole near the infield rail at Belmont Park marks the jaw-dropping margin of Secretariat’s 1973 Belmont Stakes victory.

Known by nicknames like the "Jersey Jumper" and the "Daring Yankee," Patch was the first famous daredevil in the United States.

The collection is exhibited in a Staten Island building modeled on traditional Himalayan architecture.

A monument to a Polish general who fought the American Revolution and became the "Father of the American Cavalry."

A restored Shell gas station from 1937 that includes a tow truck, the original gas pumps, and the original office.

An aptly-named street near the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement.

A monument honoring those who died in the Great Famine of Ireland.

A series of fish plaques that are embedded in the malls of Ocean Parkway.

This magnificent work of art captures the spirit of the region.

These sculptures were designed to beautify this neighborhood when it was established in the 1940s.

The Catskills retreat of naturalist writer John Burroughs.

The lesser-known Alice sculpture of Central Park dedicated to the “godmother of American children.”

The Brigadier General was so afraid of being buried alive that he had a buzzer installed in his mausoleum, just in case he woke up.

The real "father of baseball" rests in Brooklyn.

The final resting place of President Chester A. Arthur and hundreds of others from Revolutionary War soldiers to poets, politicians, and painters.

The birthplace of the alleged inventor of baseball.

Lady LeWinDa Milkzalot showcases Lewis County's dairy farming heritage and boasts an impressive rotation of seasonal outfits.

This museum is dedicated to a Hollywood icon.

Out of a labyrinth of abandoned tunnels and stops, this Queens subway station is arguably the most mysterious—if it exists at all.

The painter who popularized "bulls" and "bears" as symbols for the stock market didn't get a proper headstone for over a century.

A rusted blade sticks out from the trunk of this tree, left as a memorial to a young man who left to fight in the Civil War but never returned home.

School named after its beloved principal, killed in the cross-fire of a drug related shooting.

A mummy and sarcophagus are part of the many wonders in this library's collection.