A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.

A Manhattan office building is home to the world's largest chess board.

A plaque immortalizes the spot where the early American spy said his famous last words: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

A 13,000-year-old mastodon skeleton was found during the construction of a 19th-century New York mill.

More than 200 unconventional musical instruments that anyone can play.

The highest peak in the state of Vermont has some interesting features.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

Walk over a 150 year old manhole.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

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

New York City's smallest piece of private property.