It looks like a whale, it's part of Yale, and it's best-known by a nickname you can probably work out for yourself.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.

A millionaire's abandoned swimming pool from the gilded age of one of America's most distinguished families.

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

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.

Manhattan and the Bronx have been playing tug-of-war over this former island neighborhood for more than a century.

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

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

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.

A mass grave for victims of one of the city’s worst fires.

A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.

Four cars from the old system were once on display, but were removed in 2014.

19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.