In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

The place where Dvořák composed some of his most famous works.

Known as the "Grand Lady of Jersey City,” the city's first racially-integrated hotel was owned by a preacher who was, depending on who you ask, a cult leader, civil rights pioneer, or the manifestation of God.

Prank calls to this place, originally the "Tube Bar," inspired the creation of a Simpsons character.

This huge work of functional public art replaced a landfill in New Jersey's Meadowlands.

The drawbridge used in the filming of the movie 'Annie' has been in the open position as it was in the movie for decades.

A forgotten relic from New York's bygone trolley system hides in plain sight under a bridge.

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

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

This evocative New Jersey statue memoralizes the Polish victims of a Soviet massacre.

Once considered a marvel of engineering, this 107-mile canal played an integral role in building New York City.

On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.

Local lore claims this park is named after a young woman who jumped off a cliff.

Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.

This ominously named New Jersey street seems to be attracting over-the-top legends of its own making.

A small cave hidden deep within the Jenny Jump State Forest.

An allegedly haunted testament to a local businessman's desire for status, posterity, and charity.

A gazebo that inspired the fifth episode of the "Twilight Zone" still stands in the creator's hometown

The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.

A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.

Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.

Amid skyscrapers and traffic exists this unique aquatic ecosystem.