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

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

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

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

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

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

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

Decorative shell walls built in the 1940s sit atop an ancient midden created by the Calusa Native Americans.

One of the largest Native American shell middens stands 30 feet tall.

This state park was once an important Native American cermonial center.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

This abandoned church dominates the landscape of a former mining boomtown.

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

Owned by Native American women, this brewery is a celebration of indigenous culture in the American Southwest.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.

Albuquerque found the perfect use for tumbleweeds at Christmastime.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.