The fin-tastically detailed headquarters of the National Fisheries Development Board.

Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

Built in the 1920s, this co-op in the Bronx feels more like an Italian villa than a typical New York apartment building.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.

New Preston and Kent, Connecticut - where Friday the 13th, Part 2 was filmed.

This Bronx apartment building is officially recognized as the birthplace of hip-hop.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

An historic lighthouse accessible via a half-mile walk through a nature preserve and freshwater tidal wetlands.

Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.

A fragment of one of history’s most famous walls stands as a reminder of unity in a culturally divided city.

A 20-foot statue reminds viewers of an extinct species.

The only example of a Paris Métro sign in use at a subway station outside of the French capital. 

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

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

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

New York's oldest magic store.

This sandstone gorge in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is home to waterfalls, flumes, and more.

A unique marker erected during the 18th century.

A living history village recreates a vanished 19th century community.

A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.