The mummified relics of an American missionary.

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.

Now owned by the National Park Service, this location was once home to illegal boxing matches.

Every dish is blessed in this basement eatery beneath a Hare Krishna temple.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

These century-old townhouses contain some of the first car garages built in the United States.

The best way to get a sneak peek at the movies.

From this desk Al Hirschfeld drew his influential caricatures of the 20th century's Broadway stars.

This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.

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

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

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

This Manhattan museum houses one of the largest collections of Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain.

The first "Hall of Fame" in America was designed by legendary Gilded Age architect Stanford White for what was then the NYU uptown campus.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

The home of one of America's most wealthy industrialists is now a historic site that remembers a more decadent time in the country's history.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.

A six-story treehouse offers spectacular views of New York's Finger Lakes region.

A huge resale shop for the cast-offs of the film & television industry.