This backwater graveyard in the Hamptons became a trendy burial spot and posthumous status symbol for famous artists.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.

This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground

This collection of grinning ephemera has grown from basement to Brooklyn.

The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.

Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

Become a prohibition rebel.

Reverend Jen's unique museum/living room showcases her troll collection.

This 19th-century Hamptons windmill was once home to modernist painter Agnes Pelton.

The first pet cemetery in the United States.

This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

Some of the earliest burial grounds of New York State are to be found hidden away in this quaint town.

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

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

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

Come for the sustainable organic chocolate, stay for the sustainable organic booze.

Featuring the the longest lift span of any vertical-lift bridge in the world.