From horses to stainless-steel trucks, this iconic Providence burger wagon is one of the oldest mobile diners in the country.

Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.

A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

Supremely flaky treats await at Amadou Ly’s boulangerie and patisserie.

Twenty-three trees, each paired with a basalt stone, line a street in Chelsea, continuing an urban project started by German Fluxus artist Joseph Beuys.

The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.

Dine on old-school red sauce fare at a former mob hang out and film set for The Sopranos.

This former water source for the City of Brooklyn is now a thriving natural wetland.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.

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

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

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

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

This lavish room at NYC's French Embassy is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

This small New York museum celebrates the mountainous artwork of a Russian mystic.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.