This Catskills museum preserves stumps from the earliest known fossil forest on Earth.

Fossilized sea bottom and lime quarry.

New York City's first Modernist house.

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.

This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.

Crammed into several rooms of a Staten Island home, this museum is a vodka-soaked paean to the pleasures of drinking.

Oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States.

A Seussian sculpture made of brass instruments.

This nearly invisible wire transforms much of the city into one big, symbolic home on the holy day.

2,000 barrels of aging beer hidden in a warehouse at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.

The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.

A historic recreation of the golden age of the Erie Canal, abandoned for some time, slowly being restored.

Walking around West Harlem reveals a scavenger hunt of beautiful bird murals.

A retired subway car stands alone in a field in the middle of Queens.

New York City's only wildlife rehabilitation center treats more than 3,000 feathered and furry patients each year.

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

Collect holy water from a Bronx grotto.

This art center is way beyond your average pumpkin-carving operation.

The great American road trip, but smaller.

The origins of midtown Manhattan's anachronistic wooden farmhouse remain a mystery.

This tiny little island has, as the name says, just enough room for its single house.