Teddy Roosevelt’s famous “midnight ride to the presidency" started at this small lake high up in the Adirondacks.

This neo-Gothic former auto showroom is one of the few remaining reminders of Brooklyn's "Automobile Row."

A Collegiate Gothic quadrangle that surrounds an 18th century secondary school whose financing came from the likes of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, among others.

This Queens beer hall preserves a German culture and language that is all but lost.

A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.

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

Oldest surviving example of a Dutch saltbox frame house in America.

The summit Roosevelt conquered before he descended to become The Chief.

A hamlet full of permanent Christmas spirit holds one of the earliest theme parks in the United States.

A forgotten relic from New York's bygone trolley system hides in plain sight under a bridge.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

Oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States.

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.

Final resting place for the Triangle Shirtwaist fire’s unidentified victims.

Dedicated to preserving the history of free Black communities in Brooklyn and beyond.

Known as the "Forgotten City" it was home to industry, riots, artists, squatters, and to one of the largest single disaster fires in New York City.

HBO series' stage tucked away in a Greenpoint lot is the largest theatrical set of its kind in the United States.

A cargo of beautiful music.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

A hidden architectural treasure in New York's Brooklyn.

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

Amid the marketing blitz of modern Times Square is an elegant holdover from its showbiz glory days.

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.