One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

The mass grave of a heroic Revolutionary War regiment sits below an empty lot near the Gowanus Canal.

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

19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

This micro-industry of Latino cuisine along Red Hook's Ball Fields represents a victory in a food fight with the city.

This metal eagle one of the final remnants of a newspaper that wanted to keep Brooklyn to Brooklyn.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

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

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

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

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.