One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

Join in a Seance at the Swedenborgian Church.

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.

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.

An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.

The remains of a failed subway in upstate New York is now an underground graffiti bunker.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.

A formerly abandoned mental institute, now back in business.

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

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.

An abandoned Gold Coast-era mansion once intended for the exiled ruler of Albania, who never arrived.

Town full of spiritualists, some of whom are mediums, is still in full swing after 130 years.

The library of every book lover's dreams.

Visit the site of a subway powered by nothing more than air--and lots of it.

Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.

Not even a series of devastating fires could keep this odd castle in upstate New York from bouncing back.

The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.