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Two New York rooftops are home to the largest rooftop soil farms in the world.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

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

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

This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

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

This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

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

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.