One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.

Buffalo's abandoned concrete grain elevators are getting a second life.

An everyday Jackson Heights bodega conceals a Mexican seafood paradise.

The origins of midtown Manhattan's anachronistic wooden farmhouse remain a mystery.

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.

This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.

This Manhattan museum houses one of the largest collections of Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain.

A strangely angled West Village home is the only monument to an explosion that took the lives of three American revolutionaries.

This abandoned ironworks was once the most important military supplier in America.

Haunted Victorian house that inspired a legendary "Ghostbusters" court ruling.

This throwback amusement park is home to rides and unique storybook figures from the past.

Hidden inside one of the world's most well-visited zoos is a secret plaque promising eternal life.

This small New York museum celebrates the mountainous artwork of a Russian mystic.

The floor-to-ceiling collection in an old factory is a unique alternative to stuffy galleries.

One kilometer of thick brass rod laid out before your eyes.

Every animal in the torah taxidermied and crammed into a Brooklyn townhouse.

What happens here stays here – unless it affects the whole world.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

The most unloved grain elevator in Brooklyn was a “Magnificent Mistake.”

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

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.