Rusting away on the edge of New Jersey are the remains of a Cold War missile launch site.

These unassuming lighthouses have seen the first reading of the Pledge of Allegiance, the first wireless transmission, and more than one mystery.

Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.

Memorial to the 137 lives lost on a ship fire, the whole hulk of which washed up on the Asbury Park shore.

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

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

This curved Manhattan building was built to house the opulence of John D. Rockefeller's oil empire.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

Amid the marketing blitz of modern Times Square is an elegant holdover from its showbiz glory days.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.