A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

A millionaire's abandoned swimming pool from the gilded age of one of America's most distinguished families.

Need to book a room at the Hotel Pennsylvania? Just dial up 6-5000.

Underground vaults of a former brewery beneath Brooklyn's Crown Heights are now used to ripen cheese.

This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

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

A grotesque Fiji merman dwells within this traditional Dutch-style building.

This weeping, 10-foot-tall sculpture was a maquette for a 9/11 memorial.

This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.

Destructive children, start your engines.

In 1787, a group of delegates met at this very spot to drink, be merry, and ratify the Constitution of the United States.

Museum houses an impressive display of the origin and artistry from the now-quaint invention's history.

The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."