The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.

This outdoor gallery of sculptures along the East River was once a landfill.

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

It wouldn't be long after purchasing this farm, Brown would lead his siege on Harper's Ferry.

Nope, not Washington Irving's house.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

This restored house is like a time capsule of the president's unconventional inauguration.

One of the deadliest American air disasters is nearly forgotten in Brooklyn.

At this farm in upstate New York, the former president plotted his reelection campaign.

The pioneering photographer's prints are immortalized inside her childhood home.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.

Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.

Oldest surviving example of a Dutch saltbox frame house in America.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

The oldest Dutch colonial stone house in New York City is a hidden gem on the border of Brooklyn and Queens.

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

Ever wanted the laymen's version of your credit card fine print?

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.