A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.

This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

The best way to get a sneak peek at the movies.

New York's unstoppable progress turned this cemetery into the smallest burial ground in the city.

After surviving abandonment, this powerful Latin American mural is alive again.

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

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

Jimi Hendrix's legendary recording studio in Greenwich Village.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

Manhattan's deadly West Side railroad, which killed hundreds of New Yorkers, is remembered by this simple plaque.

Twenty-three trees, each paired with a basalt stone, line a street in Chelsea, continuing an urban project started by German Fluxus artist Joseph Beuys.

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

The world’s largest collection of Tiffany glass sits in a warehouse in Queens.

This 19th-century religious artwork was once highly controversial—because it was donated to the church by a divorcee.

Inside this casino, visitors are treated to slot machines and a rare German Christmas pyramid.

A retired firefighter created this contraption so he and his family wouldn't die if accidentally buried alive.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

Oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.