Nope, not Washington Irving's house.

A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.

Legendary private island in the Bronx...devoid of rats.

Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.

The façade of this building looks like a bingo board, but it's really a giant clock by a famed graphic designer.

A tiny islet just off Long Island offers a wealth of infectious curiosities.

Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.

This curved Manhattan building was built to house the opulence of John D. Rockefeller's oil empire.

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

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

The most confusing clock in New York.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

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.

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.