Along the Palisades skyline are the ruins of a large mansion built in 1911 and demolished in the 1930s.

Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.

Series of storm drains connected to a dark urban legend.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

Supremely flaky treats await at Amadou Ly’s boulangerie and patisserie.

A journey to a hand-crafted island involves a trip across this lattice bridge.

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

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.

Home to some of the last true noodle artisans in New York.

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

A physical catalog of ceramics made by the now-defunct Celadon Terra Cotta company.

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

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

Cooks at this tiny takeout spot grind their rice flour in a stone mill each morning for perfect cheung fun.

Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.

All of the Malaysian sweets at this shop are made daily with a whole lot of love.

This house was the subject of an Edward Hopper painting, which in turn helped inspire the design of the Bates house in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho.'

An allegedly haunted testament to a local businessman's desire for status, posterity, and charity.

This sprawling art park is filled with sculptures, nature trails, and art workshops.

A masked wrestling legend has opened the first U.S. course devoted to a meditative Japanese golf variant.

Of all the unique artifacts inside this library, a mummified hand stands out among the others.

"Leave a He-Man, Take a Transformer" and share a story about your real-life superhero.

Staten Island's original central park is the former home of the city water supply as well as thousands of immigrant graves.

Amid skyscrapers and traffic exists this unique aquatic ecosystem.