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

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

This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.

A memorial to the first person killed by a motor vehicle in the Western Hemisphere.

A Yiddish theater turned movie house turned rock and roll landmark turned gay disco turned bank.

Storage warehouse of the rich and famous.

This tribute to the founding father of the American dictionary originally contained a spelling error.

An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.

A tiny memorial for the year the Connecticut River almost destroyed New England.

Memorial to one of the most fatal fires in both circus and U.S. history.

This stained glass window designed by Tiffany Studios is hidden behind the circulation desk of a public library.

This relic of 19th-century infrastructure is one of the few remaining coal gas storage tanks in the U.S.

This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.

The schoolhouse where Jesse Merwin, the inspiration for the "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" character, once taught.

A small Second Empire-style building is one of only seven remaining lighthouses on the Hudson River.

The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.

Money may not grow on trees, but it can be dispensed by one.

A monument to the Mohawk people stands along an old Native American trade route.

The place where travelers of the Mohawk Trail forded the Deerfield River rather than pay the toll at the turnpike bridge.

At this farm in upstate New York, the former president plotted his reelection campaign.

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

A living antique aviation museum in the historic town of Red Hook, New York.

This forlorn park is the result of a failed investment turned tax dodge.

Glacial erratic or man-made dolmen? It probably wasn't druids.