"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

A white oak with property rights.

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

This former luxury resort in Kaua'i is now an abandoned relic.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

Yo, Adrian!

The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

The first pet cemetery in the United States.

The oldest continuously operating farm in New York State.

A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.

This 220-year-old house is a reminder of New York City's Dutch past.

Abandoned 19th century homes once occupied by naval officers, soon to be demolished.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

The other side is actually green.

A Yiddish theater turned movie house turned rock and roll landmark turned gay disco turned bank.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.

Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.