A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

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

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

This sculpture commemorates the first instance of an American president pardoning a turkey.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.

The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.

This Central New York ghost town was once a prosperous railroad community.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

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

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

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

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

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

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

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 World War II-era submarine is stuck in the mud in New Jersey.

Nassau Hall has served as army barracks, a museum, and played a key role in the American Revolution.

Memorial to the 137 lives lost on a ship fire, the whole hulk of which washed up on the Asbury Park shore.