This overlooked gem outside Niagara Falls preserves and celebrates Iroquois culture.

This Buffalo museum hides an Art Deco gas station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

This humble historic facade hides a history of boozing and the gentlemanly sport of rat-fighting.

A gigantic 10-foot tall stone man.

Enter the deli, walk until you hit the taxidermy, then order some hot, homey guisado.

A working monastery hidden away in Brooklyn once abutted the location of a former inebriate's home.

Homemade rockets, dinosaurs, and robots make this New York small business much more than a furniture store.

This isolated community does not want you to visit.

This 19th century brick building in Brooklyn stands out like the anachronistic landmark that it is.

An unassuming island in the middle of the Hudson that hosts campers, including Aleister Crowley.

Known as the "Forgotten City" it was home to industry, riots, artists, squatters, and to one of the largest single disaster fires in New York City.

The schoolhouse where Jesse Merwin, the inspiration for the "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" character, once taught.

Some of the earliest burial grounds of New York State are to be found hidden away in this quaint town.

The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.

A burial ground of rusting metal grave markers.

Spiral-bound community recipes and antiquarian gems mingle at this small East Village shop.

An 1883 schoolhouse now home to collective of artists.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

The oldest living organism in New York City. Maybe.

This nostalgic blast from the grooming past is also a working barbershop.

A young woman's senseless murder led to the controversial psychological theory of the "bystander effect."

Astonishing collection of helmets, scientific instruments, and medical models.