Small monoliths of several varieties of stone sit alongside a wooded path in the Bronx.

This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.

This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.

The flagship building of an early national restaurant chain is a superb example of terra cotta art.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

This preserved wilderness hides the remains of a colonial grain mill used to feed George Washington's troops.

These century-old townhouses contain some of the first car garages built in the United States.

This unusual subway stop was originally a real estate office.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

The world’s first museum dedicated to exploring human rights unleashed a wave of controversy.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

This Upper East Side apartment co-op was designed as a tuberculosis sanitarium.

The tiniest little stage in New York.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.

This block in downtown Brooklyn was a hotbed of antislavery activism along the Underground Railroad.

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

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.