An abandoned subway tunnel that could have reinvigorated Staten Island still lies somewhere beneath this Brooklyn park.

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

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

For those late-night mollusk cravings.

Abandoned rock quarry now a haven for mountain bikers and hikers.

Snack on a partially gestated duck egg.

The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.

This once luxurious Catskills resort is now a haunting ruin.

A living antique aviation museum in the historic town of Red Hook, New York.

What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.

The last of its kind in the country.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

A Nevada mining boomtown that ran out of silver and luck.

On the top floor of an upscale department store stands a lavish restaurant housed in a replica of a luxury French dining car.

The last slot car racing arcade in Brooklyn is keeping the dream of speedy little autos alive.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

Celebrating the greatest pugilists the world has ever known.