The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.

Staten Island's original central park is the former home of the city water supply as well as thousands of immigrant graves.

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

The highest natural point in New York City and all of the Atlantic coastal plain.

Failed state-supported institution meant to rehabilitate students with intellectual disabilities.

Final resting place of two dozen New York City harbor ships.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

During the American Revolution, this mansion hosted failed peace talks between the British and Americans.

Featuring the the longest lift span of any vertical-lift bridge in the world.

A World War II-era submarine is stuck in the mud in New Jersey.

This haunting monument honors the victims of 9/11.

The only remaining piece of hull of the most decorated US ship of WWII is this giant name plate.

World Trade Center memorial likened to a woman's sexual organ.

These unassuming lighthouses have seen the first reading of the Pledge of Allegiance, the first wireless transmission, and more than one mystery.

Rusting away on the edge of New Jersey are the remains of a Cold War missile launch site.

In the power of this waterfall, Alexander Hamilton saw the potential for industry.

A unusual sanctuary for abused and exotic animals in South Jersey.

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

The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.

The roadway bend where highway painters practice their craft looks like expressionist art.

An architectural marvel built by a nearly forgotten Canadian Quaker sect, the Children of Peace.

Once a strategically imperative naval base, portions of this Bermuda dock complex now serve cruise ships.

Devotional offerings and pleas for intercession are left at this Depression-era shrine inside a nature preserve.

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.