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

All that remains of a magnate's dream home is a historic gate and an abandoned public pool.

A fire station-turned-church-turned-museum dedicated to the work of seminal light artist Dan Flavin.

The first commercial nuclear power plant constructed on Long Island.

An unrealized dream to wirelessly electrify the entire Earth.

The second-largest (of only two in the world) large particle collider is the underdog of experimental physics.

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

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

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.

Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.

This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.

An abandoned horticulture institute gloomily presides over rows of derelict and vine-wrought greenhouses.

One of the last taxidermists in New York City.

Piano-making empire filled with 200-year-old steam machines still churning out 1,000 instruments a year.

A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

The first pet cemetery in the United States.

Where the four original members of the Ramones hung out and revolutionized punk rock.