A 19th century hat factory still stands as a crumbling ruin in upstate New York.

Quite possibly the last cross all humans will ever see.

Eclectic architecture in the woods of New York.

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

A no-frills cinephile haven known for showing offbeat, underseen films.

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

The strikingly modern structure stands out among the brick buildings speckling the Harvard Business School's campus.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

An ancient glacial pothole waterfall in the heart of the Green Mountains.