This once-grand marvel of engineering is now 41 miles of scenic hiking trail.

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

Long-forgotten artifacts give incredible insight into New York's most glamorous hotel.

Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.

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

This collection started by a Cornell professor once held more than 600 human brain specimens, including the one that belonged to its founder.

See wolves, coyotes, and arctic foxes in a natural environment smack in the middle of New York State.

A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.

The largest known open fault in the United States is basically a giant natural refrigerator.

An abandoned 19th century quarry in the middle of the woods, remade by unnamed wanderers into a massive series of rock thrones.

A Ukrainian church canteen doles out hearty fare in an East Village basement.

Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.

Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

Some of New York's best tacos can be found in the back of an unassuming bodega in Queens.

One Brooklyn man's collection of life-size fiberglass statues has taken over his entire yard.

This once sprawling resort now sits abandoned, filled with graffiti and vibrant colors from an era long passed.

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

A former connection to City Island, it has been abandoned since the 1930s.

This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.

I fought the law and the precinct caved in.

Piano-making empire filled with 200-year-old steam machines still churning out 1,000 instruments a year.

A 19th century hat factory still stands as a crumbling ruin in upstate New York.

The most unloved grain elevator in Brooklyn was a “Magnificent Mistake.”