Oyster Bay, New York
Raynham Hall Museum
Spies, love letters, and ghost stories have all left their mark on this home-cum-museum.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Oyster Bay, New York
The Hidden Colonial Cemeteries of Oyster Bay
Some of the earliest burial grounds of New York State are to be found hidden away in this quaint town.
Rigaud, Québec
Sucrerie de la Montagne
This shack nestled in a 120-acre forest of maple trees in Mont-Rigaud is a wonderland of sugary syrup.
Brooklyn, New York
Bushwick City Farms
Two community gardens under the elevated subway lines on a very busy commercial strip in Bushwick.
New York, New York
New York Herald Monument
There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.
New York, New York
Second Cemetery of the Congregation Shearith Israel
New York's unstoppable progress turned this cemetery into the smallest burial ground in the city.
New York, New York
Death Avenue Plaque
Manhattan's deadly West Side railroad, which killed hundreds of New Yorkers, is remembered by this simple plaque.
New York, New York
Delmonico's Pompeii Columns
Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.
New York, New York
Padre Pio Shrine
Church in Manhattan holds the bloody sock of Padre Pio, among with many other unusual relics.
New York, New York
Nathan Hale Hanging Site
A plaque immortalizes the spot where the early American spy said his famous last words: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."
New York, New York
Collyer Brothers Park
Harlem park dedicated to compulsive hoarders killed by their own junk.
New York, New York
Rat Rock in Morningside Heights
This giant boulder is sandwiched between apartment complexes in upper Manhattan.
New York, New York
African Burial Ground National Monument
This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.
New York, New York
Lenin Statue at Red Square
Salute the leader of the proletariat.
New York, New York
Church of the Intercession
A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.
New York, New York
The Sugar House Prison Window
An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.
New York, New York
Site of New York Slave Market
Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.
New York, New York
The Relic Chapel at the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer
Relics given to a Manhattan church to avoid seizure by the Italian government.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Octagon Tower
A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.
New York, New York
The Peace Fountain at Cathedral of St. John the Divine
A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.
New York, New York
New York Marble Cemetery
A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."
New York, New York
Catacombs of Old St. Patrick's Cathedral
Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital Ruins
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
New York, New York
Explorers Club Headquarters
A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.
