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

Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.

The home of one of America's most wealthy industrialists is now a historic site that remembers a more decadent time in the country's history.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

A large boulder marks the place where the island of Manhattan was purportedly "sold" to the Dutch.

The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.

This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.

Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

This is one really big nut.

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

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

A memorial marks the library lobby where Langston Hughes' ashes are buried.

Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.