A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

The competition: breathe deeply as long as you can.

A crumbling staircase in upper Manhattan is all that remains of one of the most important sites in sports history.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

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

The remains of the furnace and iron works that produced the massive Hudson River Chain still stand in the woods of New York.

The legendary court where emerging basketball players gain their street cred.