This picturesque Victorian ghost town was once a thriving mill community.

This private island is still in the family after a 400-year history including a witch hunt and a pirate.

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

Ruins of a historic medical facility sits eerily by the water.

Final resting place of the actress famed for her roles in Dark Shadows and Dario Argento's Suspiria.

House used in the 1971 horror film "Let's Scare Jessica to Death."

The mysterious headstone of an unidentified bank robber was seen visited, every year, by a woman in black.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

New York's oldest magic store.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

A grotesque collection of wax limbs depicting the symptoms of venereal disease.