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

A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

A Serbian church lit by chandeliers made of weapons.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

Con Edison’s exotic and heat-loving pests.

Final resting place of two dozen New York City harbor ships.

Failed state-supported institution meant to rehabilitate students with intellectual disabilities.

One-time largest man-made structure in the world will be a park in 30 years.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

An autonomous republic of Orthodox monks.