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

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

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

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

Once the supplier for noteworthy projects like the National Cathedral, this old brickworks now lies abandoned.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

A remarkable time capsule of American manufacturing deep in Maryland coal country.

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

Standing for over 200 years, the abandoned home of a Revolutionary War hero and later a succession of prison superintendents.