Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.

A historic arena where the Beatles played their first concert in the U.S.

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

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

The gilded vestiges of a sterling department store can still be found in a Brooklyn shopping center.

Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.

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

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

A Manhattan office building is home to the world's largest chess board.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

An unusually designed bridge from the 1920s was built to withstand the tides and winds of Maine.

The northernmost international land border crossing in the United States.

Mosaics, storks, and brothels—this ancient city has it all.

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

Where the four original members of the Ramones hung out and revolutionized punk rock.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A station built to repel pirates now attracts wealthy vacationers.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.