The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.

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

A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.

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

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

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

An unrealized dream to wirelessly electrify the entire Earth.

A way to take your secrets to someone else's grave.

An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.

This lavish room at NYC's French Embassy is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.

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

This Central New York ghost town was once a prosperous railroad community.

For almost a century, this East Village newsstand has served egg creams to beats, hippies, punks, and everything in between.

Some of the best Persian food in New York comes from the front window of an unassuming pizza shop.

The best place in New York to pick up the controversial, notoriously foul-smelling Asian "king of fruits."

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

This neighborhood grocery houses a treasure trove of Eastern European delights.

Feast on some of the finest momos in all of Queens.

A former Tibetan monk made a name for himself selling some of the best beef momos in New York.

Sip a cappuccino in the historic cafe that introduced them to the United States.

The second largest maple syrup producer in the U.S. runs a high-tech operation.

Supremely flaky treats await at Amadou Ly’s boulangerie and patisserie.

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

These World War I shooting range tunnels are now haunted halls of underground graffiti accessed through the roots of a tree.