This indiscriminate collection of audio antiques is trying to preserve the history of the audio industry one vintage appliance at a time.

A railroad magnate's replica village has become home to a genetic seed bank for rare breeds of livestock.

For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

This Great Depression-era creation was once known as the strangest house in the world.

A train station that was abandoned by the coal industry and was later converted into a cocktail bar.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

Etchings in a pile of boulders on the Long Island Sound are a monument to vanquished native peoples.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.

A tunnel once abandoned now thrives with graffiti art as an off-limits makeshift gallery.

This abandoned radar station from the Cold War era now only broadcasts a seriously ominous air of isolation.

This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.

This Bronx apartment building is officially recognized as the birthplace of hip-hop.

The loneliest island in New York.

This once-grand marvel of engineering is now 41 miles of scenic hiking trail.

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

The second-largest (of only two in the world) large particle collider is the underdog of experimental physics.

This forlorn park is the result of a failed investment turned tax dodge.

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

The largest arcade museum in the world chronicles the golden age of video games which ended promptly in 1987.

An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.