This abandoned radar station from the Cold War era now only broadcasts a seriously ominous air of isolation.

The New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts displays what it calls the world's largest ship model.

The largest living museum in the Northeast recreates life from the Early Republic period complete with costumed historians and reenactors.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

Manhattan and the Bronx have been playing tug-of-war over this former island neighborhood for more than a century.

Created by a local artist, these quirky sculptures each have their own names and personalities.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

The largest glacial erratic boulder on Cape Cod.

The oldest platform carousel built in the United States continues to delight children in Martha’s Vineyard.

These three lighthouses played a fundamental role in the maritime life of Eastham.

Hundreds of personalized inscribed planks make up this historic boardwalk.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history.

The ceiling of this vintage movie palace is covered in fantastic Art Deco murals.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

The flagship building of an early national restaurant chain is a superb example of terra cotta art.

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

The mosaic Star of David at the front of this store hints that it's no ordinary Italian grocer.

Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.