Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.

This tiny cottage surrounded by railroads is the oldest surviving structure in Fairmount Park.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.

Frank Lloyd Wright built this suburban synagogue late in life, but it stands among his most iconic masterpieces.

A giant light 13 feet high shines near Thomas Edison's old Menlo Park lab.

Seven people are buried in the middle of what's now a movie theater parking lot.

A historic town sits upon the site of a long-lost 18th-century trading community.

A historic covered bridge is but one example of an oddly prevalent American urban legend.

One of New Jersey's oldest surviving buildings still bears the mark of our former British overlords.

The mysterious canine hides atop a drain pipe on the back of the building, some say as a sneaky shoutout to Yale.

During the American Revolution, this mansion hosted failed peace talks between the British and Americans.

A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

This huge work of functional public art replaced a landfill in New Jersey's Meadowlands.

The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.

A historic grist mill and active sluice on the Black River.

These mystical miniature houses bring a touch of magic to the New Jersey woods.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

This old-fashioned candy shop, ice cream parlor, and diner served as the setting for one of TV's most controversial series finales.

An enormous overgrown greenhouse teeming with graffiti and wildlife.