Protecting the future of some of the rarest and most misunderstood mammals of North America.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

The former residence of Elizabeth “Mumbet” Freeman, an enslaved African-American woman who successfully sued for her freedom.

This natural rock "church" might not be a proper chapel but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.

Believe It or Not, Ripley once called this chiseled mountainside “New York’s Mount Rushmore”.

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

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.

The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.

This one-man homegrown eatery may be the world's most exclusive restaurant with its five-year waiting list.

The rustic think-space of famed naturalist John Burroughs stands exactly as he left it.

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

The life of one of FDR's possible mistresses is preserved in her palatial Hudson Valley mansion.

The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.

An enormous cat made of recycled wood scraps.

This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.