This hospital fell into ruins after failing to act as the advocate for the mentally ill it was designed to be.

Home of the golf club used by Alan Shepard on the moon, and more artifacts from the sport's history.

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

Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.

A farm in New Jersey grew a most unusual crop for AT&T's testing purposes.

Historic town settled in the 19th century because of its convenient location along a popular coal transport route.

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

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

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

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

The most confusing clock in New York.

Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?

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

This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground

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

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.