Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

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

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

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

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

Vintage cars and motorcycles race for glory in a throwback motorsport celebration on the Jersey shore.

One of New Jersey's oldest surviving buildings still bears the mark of our former British overlords.

The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.

A recreated sign from the movie Jumanji has become a makeshift tribute to the film's late star.

The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."

This folk art dinosaur was almost pushed to extinction due to lack of a building permit.

A stunning garden filled with fantastical environmental folk art and sculptures.

Rumored to have tormented a family in the late 1960s, this toy now resides in a quiet little oddities shop.

The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.