New Hyde Park, New York
Denton House McDonald's
This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.
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New Hyde Park, New York
This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.
Staten Island, New York
The final resting place of some of Staten Island's earliest settlers and their descendants.
Tehachapi, California
Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.
Brooklyn, New York
Nearly four centuries after its founding, remnants of one of the oldest planned communities in North America are still visible in southern Brooklyn.
Brooklyn, New York
Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.
Queens, New York
This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.
Queens, New York
This Orthodox Church's exterior is rather unorthodox.
Queens, New York
Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.
Queens, New York
A long abandoned hospital building on the outskirts of NYC.
Brooklyn, New York
The cuisine at this Sheepshead Bay spot tells the story of a displaced Muslim Chinese community.
Queens, New York
This Queens hospital has stood abandoned for almost 20 years after its patients were secretly relocated in the dead of night.
Brooklyn, New York
First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.
New York, New York
Jimi Hendrix's legendary recording studio in Greenwich Village.
Sleepy Hollow, New York
The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.
Queens, New York
The home of former Heavyweight Boxing Champion, "Gentleman Jim" Corbett.
Syosset, New York
An abandoned Gold Coast-era mansion once intended for the exiled ruler of Albania, who never arrived.
Oyster Bay, New York
Some of the earliest burial grounds of New York State are to be found hidden away in this quaint town.
Queens, New York
The oldest living organism in New York City. Maybe.
Queens, New York
No monkeying around, this fountain was really named after the classic sci-fi film.
Queens, New York
Nine nice parcels of land along a flight path offer a quiet respite... until a plane soars overhead.
New York, New York
The competition: breathe deeply as long as you can.
Staten Island, New York
Eccentric stone cairns built on a public New York City beach.
Staten Island, New York
This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.
Staten Island, New York
Final resting place of two dozen New York City harbor ships.