The oldest continuously operating farm in New York State.

Surrounded by low rise buildings and partially converted into an auto body shop, this marble archway is the only vestige of a forgotten Manhattan estate.

This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.

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

A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.

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

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

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

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

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

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Where Greenpoint's first European settler—and troublemaker—made his home.

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

Need to book a room at the Hotel Pennsylvania? Just dial up 6-5000.

This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.