Visit a sweet shop selling one of the first candies ever made and sold in America.

This outdoor gallery of sculptures along the East River was once a landfill.

A long abandoned hospital building on the outskirts of NYC.

A collaborative art project that transformed a neighborhood in NYC's Queens.

Some of the earliest burial grounds of New York State are to be found hidden away in this quaint town.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

A tribute to the hard-working men and women of Grumman, who crafted F-14 fighter jets.

This forgotten graveyard in rural New York State once served a pioneering hospital.

A historic lighthouse steeped in rumors of ghost and pirate stories.

Collect holy water from a Bronx grotto.

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

A formerly abandoned mental institute, now back in business.

An abandoned Gold Coast-era mansion once intended for the exiled ruler of Albania, who never arrived.

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

Once a flowing stream and where the USS Monitor, the world's first ironclad, was built and launched.

A working monastery hidden away in Brooklyn once abutted the location of a former inebriate's home.

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

A no-frills cinephile haven known for showing offbeat, underseen films.

Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.

One of the indelible moments of the American Revolution took place at this location.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.