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

The Binghamton area is home to six of the last remaining hand-carved vintage carousels.

A mysterious, abandoned building rotting on the Brooklyn waterfront.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

A young woman's senseless murder led to the controversial psychological theory of the "bystander effect."

This local landmark is home to art galleries and the area's only community darkroom.

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

The unassuming structure was part of a Major League Baseball stadium.

A historic lighthouse steeped in rumors of ghost and pirate stories.

This pole near the infield rail at Belmont Park marks the jaw-dropping margin of Secretariat’s 1973 Belmont Stakes victory.

The only subway station in the city that still makes use of gap fillers.

Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.

Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?

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

The most confusing clock in New York.

The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

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

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

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

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.