A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

The dairy farm in upstate New York where nearly half a million people gathered for three days of peace and music in 1969.

The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.

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

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

A 19th century hat factory still stands as a crumbling ruin in upstate New York.

The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.

Once a ferry dock, radio transmitter, and now a new Greenpoint park.

A Collegiate Gothic quadrangle that surrounds an 18th century secondary school whose financing came from the likes of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, among others.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Once called Winthrop Park in 1889, home to a decidedly sexy tribute to the Monitor vs. Merrimac battle.

An isolated beacon with a history of grisly murder and a view of some of literature's greatest inspirations.

An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.

A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.

This Queens beer hall preserves a German culture and language that is all but lost.

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

The Vatican of the movie industry turned into an actual church.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

Piano-making empire filled with 200-year-old steam machines still churning out 1,000 instruments a year.

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

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

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.