A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

Love is in the air along the small street in Brooklyn.

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

Hidden behind a gate in Greenwich Village is a little farmhouse that once served as the writing studio of a bestselling author.

The origins of midtown Manhattan's anachronistic wooden farmhouse remain a mystery.

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.

This Manhattan museum houses one of the largest collections of Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain.

An isolated beacon with a history of grisly murder and a view of some of literature's greatest inspirations.

Deliciousness abounds at a Guatemalan restaurant masquerading as a pizzeria.

A hidden bar inside an ad agency has a deliberately misleading name, so employees can stay late under pretext of paperwork.

The dairy farm in upstate New York where nearly half a million people gathered for three days of peace and music in 1969.

This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.

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

The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.

A collection of the best toys ever made, The National Toy Hall of Fame is filled with kids, fun, and for some reason, a bird preserve.

This recipe is set in stone.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

Hundreds of antique bank vault locks on display in New York City.

Every animal in the torah taxidermied and crammed into a Brooklyn townhouse.

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.

This locally-famous crevasse in New York State is icy all year round.

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.

Relics given to a Manhattan church to avoid seizure by the Italian government.