One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

This sandstone gorge in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is home to waterfalls, flumes, and more.

An old abandoned mining town in The Adirondacks where Theodore Roosevelt first learned of the shooting of President William McKinley.

Town full of spiritualists, some of whom are mediums, is still in full swing after 130 years.

Records of the dead describe the myriad odd ways people used to die.

This natural rock "church" might not be a proper chapel but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.

A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.

The home of one of America's most wealthy industrialists is now a historic site that remembers a more decadent time in the country's history.

The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.

This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.

A good place to research the Freemasons, esoterica, occultism, and hermeticism.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.

Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.

An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.

A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

A six-story treehouse offers spectacular views of New York's Finger Lakes region.

For over 80 years, Mayan ruins stood proudly in a most unlikely location.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

A staggering collection of photographs depicting medical, social, and historical change.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.