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This lovely little pond is named after the hundreds of soldiers' corpses that were rolled into the waters during the French-Indian War.

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

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

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

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

Home to some of the last true noodle artisans in New York.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Not even a series of devastating fires could keep this odd castle in upstate New York from bouncing back.

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

After giving up Michelin glamour for his Amish faith, one chef now makes stellar sausages in a small, off-the-grid shop.

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

An eccentric priest's tribute to George Washington, this chapel tells the story of the American Revolution.

Protecting the future of some of the rarest and most misunderstood mammals of North America.

This forlorn park is the result of a failed investment turned tax dodge.

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

A massive sustainable farm designed by the mastermind behind Central Park.

Stand at the center of this lakefront sundial, and you'll become part of the timepiece.

Restoring faith in humanity one pie at a time by selling stellar baked goods on an honor system.

A slab of sandstone covered with mysterious 1,000-year-old rock carvings from a vanished North American culture.

The mounds at this site were reconstructed with the help of archaeologists and historians.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.