This small and serene place for quiet reflection on Staten Island was built in China based on the gardens of the Ming Dynasty.

The former estate of the Guggenheims, part of the opulent Gold Coast that inspired the Great Gatsby.

World Trade Center memorial likened to a woman's sexual organ.

This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.

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

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

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

A playground inspired by differential calculus dangles from the ceiling of the Liberty Science Center.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

The humble fort that saved Washington.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

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

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

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

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

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.