The legendary court where emerging basketball players gain their street cred.

This neo-Gothic former auto showroom is one of the few remaining reminders of Brooklyn's "Automobile Row."

Teddy Roosevelt’s famous “midnight ride to the presidency" started at this small lake high up in the Adirondacks.

The East Village tenement from the cover of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 album has a tea shop on the ground floor.

A small part of lower Manhattan is actually made from a bit of England.

This peaceful gem in upstate New York was chosen as the future home of the 14th Dalai Lama's Library and Museum.

The mass grave of a heroic Revolutionary War regiment sits below an empty lot near the Gowanus Canal.

This graceful little figure is a one-of-a-kind version of the cherished character.

A tiny islet just off Long Island offers a wealth of infectious curiosities.

This sprawling collection of saintly relics includes such fascinations as wood from the Cross of Jesus and threads from Mary's veil.

A monument stands to the famous suffragist who penned the declaration for women's equal rights, including the right to vote.

A gigantic 10-foot tall stone man.

Site of the first pathological and bacteriological research facility in the United States.

This 220-year-old house is a reminder of New York City's Dutch past.

Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.

Oldest surviving example of a Dutch saltbox frame house in America.

The site of William McKinley's tragic assassination is only marked by an underwhelming boulder.

Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.

A commemorative plaque hides a door that leads down to the New York Public Library's underground book bunker.

The largest guitar store in the world has been visited by some of music's all-time greats passing through upstate New York.

A beautiful multicolored mound formed by the mineral deposits of the Orenda Spring.

A bronze ballot box stands at the spot where Susan B. Anthony voted illegally.

The final resting place of Harriet Tubman and other famous historical figures.

The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.