The oldest Methodist church in the United States has been spreading the good news for over two centuries.

An abandoned subway tunnel that could have reinvigorated Staten Island still lies somewhere beneath this Brooklyn park.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

This tiny Hawaiian island is slowly coming back to life after being bombed during naval training exercises.

Brooklyn's Barkaloo Cemetery is the resting place of a scant two bodies.

This colorful artistic feature atop a Danish art gallery allows visitors to stroll through a rainbow.

The second-largest (of only two in the world) large particle collider is the underdog of experimental physics.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

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.

This study room in the New York Public Library saw the creation of one of contemporary America's greatest traitors.

Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

Currently housing a corporate bank branch this building at the southern tip of Manhattan was once the gateway to luxury vacationing.

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

The gilded vestiges of a sterling department store can still be found in a Brooklyn shopping center.

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.

This shrine to film's most iconic wasteland wanderer is located in the very outback where the movies were shot.

This museum collects over a century of automobile history including the iconic car from The Muppet Movie.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

The simple log cabin of a famed loner and naturalist stands preserved as a symbol of the ultimate DIY lifestyle.

A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.