First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

This theater opened in 1998, but both the building and the puppeteers who perform there have a distinguished history.

The oldest private residence in New York City.

What was once a vast naval cemetery is now home to nesting birds and pollinating bees.

This stained glass window designed by Tiffany Studios is hidden behind the circulation desk of a public library.

This former water source for the City of Brooklyn is now a thriving natural wetland.

An institution dedicated to the towering buildings that make up skylines in New York City and around the world.

A reproduction of a giant humanoid "fossil," a hoax buried locally for construction crews to find and gain national attention.

This sprawling art park is filled with sculptures, nature trails, and art workshops.

A waterway covered over after the Industrial Revolution has been unearthed and cleaned up, for the enjoyment of fish and humans alike.

This unique house, the only one of its kind in Brooklyn, was built as part of a real estate developer's showcase.

A physical catalog of ceramics made by the now-defunct Celadon Terra Cotta company.

Amid skyscrapers and traffic exists this unique aquatic ecosystem.

Built in the 1920s, this co-op in the Bronx feels more like an Italian villa than a typical New York apartment building.

More than 350 million years ago, western New York was covered in a vast sea. Today, you can dig up the remains of the plants and animals that lived there.

An interesting look into 18th-century American history.

Thousands of bottles that have held everything from poison to perfume make up the collection of this small museum.

This house was the subject of an Edward Hopper painting, which in turn helped inspire the design of the Bates house in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho.'

Now owned by the National Park Service, this location was once home to illegal boxing matches.

This 19th-century Hamptons windmill was once home to modernist painter Agnes Pelton.

A tiny village in Upstate New York ushered in the precursor to drive-in movies.

Red Hook's massive public pool, built by Robert Moses.

The East Village tenement from the cover of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 album has a tea shop on the ground floor.

An Adirondacks museum housed in the former studio of Marcella Sembrich, the 19th century opera star most famous for her role of Mimi in "La Boheme."