Historic town settled in the 19th century because of its convenient location along a popular coal transport route.

This nearly endless university hallway is home to a unique sunset known as "MIThenge."

The mysterious image is believed to show Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, in a beautiful blue dress.

In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.

The façade of this building looks like a bingo board, but it's really a giant clock by a famed graphic designer.

If it hadn't been caught in time, a flaw in the design of this Manhattan skyscraper could have led to its collapse.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

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

The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.

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

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

A historic town sits upon the site of a long-lost 18th-century trading community.

A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.