One of the deadliest American air disasters is nearly forgotten in Brooklyn.

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

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

The graveyard holds the remains of Irish immigrants who arrived in Queens after fleeing the Great Famine.

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

One of the only single-person private gravesites in New York City.

This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.

This French Canadian classic is a specialty of the oldest continually used church in Minneapolis.

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

This 19th century brick building in Brooklyn stands out like the anachronistic landmark that it is.

The oldest Dutch colonial stone house in New York City is a hidden gem on the border of Brooklyn and Queens.

Skulls and skeletons are omnipresent in this church dedicated to souls trapped in purgatory.

This small and serene place for quiet reflection on Staten Island was built in China based on the gardens of the Ming Dynasty.

The childhood home of one of America's greatest unsung troubadours still stands in a much changed Brooklyn neighborhood.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

Filled with history, this cemetery is maintained each summer by a few hungry goats.

Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.

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

Some of the best Persian food in New York comes from the front window of an unassuming pizza shop.

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.

The highest point on the island known for buildings that touch the sky.

This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.

Surrounded by low rise buildings and partially converted into an auto body shop, this marble archway is the only vestige of a forgotten Manhattan estate.