The oldest of only three existing statues of the great novelist stands in a city he did not care for.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Yo, Adrian!

This little-known Revolutionary War fort is supposedly haunted by the ghosts of its past.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

Where America's first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Those belting out show tunes might not realize this piano bar marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.

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

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.