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.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Become a prohibition rebel.

An Old West film set seen in countless TV shows and movies is open for the public to explore.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.

A 19th-century politician who died after walking home in a blizzard is honored with this Manhattan statue.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

Nope, not Washington Irving's house.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

A replica of a 7th-century church hides in plain sight in the middle of the concrete jungle.