Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A playground inspired by differential calculus dangles from the ceiling of the Liberty Science Center.

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

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

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.

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.

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

A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.

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

Thomas Edison's home and final resting place also boasts an impressive garage, where some of the earliest electric cars are on display.

Take a step into the workshop where Edison and his employees revolutionized the world.

These mystical miniature houses bring a touch of magic to the New Jersey woods.

An abandoned military bunker that has been transformed into an artist's paradise.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

Bronze footprints mark the path where a civil rights leader tried to march in peaceful protest before being knocked unconscious.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

These ruins are all that remain of what a Spanish barrack that likely housed a quarry overseer, masons, and stone cutters involved in the construction of the Castillo de San Marco.