Dozens of houses in the Adirondack Mountains are reminders of a literal "cottage industry" to cure people of a deadly disease.

This landmark jazz venue is the oldest continuously running African-American club in the United States.

This edgy museum will whet your appetite for the industrial history of Western New York.

Golden plates containing what would become the Book of Mormon were believed to be buried on this New York hillside.

This eclectic sculpture garden in Brooklyn, home to a bizarre collection of art, was once a run-down junkyard.

A community farm in the midst of the Brooklyn concrete.

This former hub for crafty philosophers was founded by a writer who died aboard the infamous RMS Lusitania.

Nearly four centuries after its founding, remnants of one of the oldest planned communities in North America are still visible in southern Brooklyn.

A giant roll of mints marks the birthplace of one of America's most famous candy brands.

On this island, you suck away your garbage via an elaborate pneumatic tube system.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

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

The only gallery in New York dedicated to olfactory art and the exploration of scent in art.

It wouldn't be long after purchasing this farm, Brown would lead his siege on Harper's Ferry.

An off the grid woodland retreat that harkens back to days long forgotten.

This high-perched pachyderm marks the memory of not one, but two elephants gunned down in small New England towns.

This rare archive of original recordings and photos uncovers the early days of hip hop culture.

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

This giant rock arrived at this quiet park thousands of years ago on the back of a massive glacier.

A commemorative plaque hides a door that leads down to the New York Public Library's underground book bunker.

A carriage house converted into what resembles an 11th-century English manor house

The last standing puppet theater on Long Island.

Here be dragons.

This one-man homegrown eatery may be the world's most exclusive restaurant with its five-year waiting list.