The largest Buddha statue in the Western Hemisphere is just 50 miles north of NYC.

Nope, not Washington Irving's house.

The site where Joe Gallo kept his guns, pet lion, and launched an all out mob war in 1960s Brooklyn.

A mass grave for victims of one of the city’s worst fires.

Homemade rockets, dinosaurs, and robots make this New York small business much more than a furniture store.

The Binghamton area is home to six of the last remaining hand-carved vintage carousels.

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

An unassuming island in the middle of the Hudson that hosts campers, including Aleister Crowley.

A six-story treehouse offers spectacular views of New York's Finger Lakes region.

Spies, love letters, and ghost stories have all left their mark on this home-cum-museum.

A monument stands to the famous suffragist who penned the declaration for women's equal rights, including the right to vote.

Teddy Roosevelt’s famous “midnight ride to the presidency" started at this small lake high up in the Adirondacks.

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

Want to build a wind turbine? Secede from the nation.

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

A prized globe signed by Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh sits in the Brooklyn office of the American Geographical Society.

A hamlet full of permanent Christmas spirit holds one of the earliest theme parks in the United States.

A distillery built on (and above!) mobster Dutch Schultz's Prohibition-era underground moonshine business.

Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.

A gazebo that inspired the fifth episode of the "Twilight Zone" still stands in the creator's hometown

This isolated community does not want you to visit.

The summit Roosevelt conquered before he descended to become The Chief.

This oversize piece of novelty cookware once cooked the largest pancake in the world.

This vacant church in the Financial District was once the heart of New York's first Syrian immigrant community.