The private island of Yale's elite Skull & Bones society is kind of a dump.

For a buck, students can snag freshly picked apples grown in the university orchards.

The highest rapid transit station in the world.

Devotional offerings and pleas for intercession are left at this Depression-era shrine inside a nature preserve.

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

A historic lighthouse steeped in rumors of ghost and pirate stories.

Enormous one time fiber mill now houses local artists and small businesses.

This elaborate High Victorian Gothic structure is one of the world's few 16-sided buildings.

Nine nice parcels of land along a flight path offer a quiet respite... until a plane soars overhead.

A retired oil tanker now offering amazing views of New York City.

The former home of a disgraced local priest now hosts a mysterious secret supper club.

This museum pays tribute to the largest group in the Iroquois Confederacy.

Built as a home for the Union Porcelain magnate in 1867, now the Greenpoint Reformed Church and home to a ceramic mystery.

This outdoor gallery of sculptures along the East River was once a landfill.

An unassuming stone building houses New York City's oldest seismic station almost 30 feet below the Bronx.

This local landmark is home to art galleries and the area's only community darkroom.

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

A century-old magnolia tree is the only living landmark tree in New York City.

Three gardens with toilets and urinals filled with bright flowers started as a protest against zoning rules.

One sculptor's lifelong war game is the largest and longest running miniature campaign in history.

The graveyard holds the remains of Irish immigrants who arrived in Queens after fleeing the Great Famine.

Hike deep into the woods to explore this Gilded Age masterpiece.

A giant steel sculpture with animals in its shadows.

A community theatre in Brooklyn that brings Country to New York and New York to Country.