This rare archive of original recordings and photos uncovers the early days of hip hop culture.

A remnant of the original World Trade Center complex continues to serve as a commuter gateway.

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

This private island is still in the family after a 400-year history including a witch hunt, a pirate, and multiple wars.

A living antique aviation museum in the historic town of Red Hook, New York.

Opened in 1947, this is the oldest continuously-operating drive-in theater in New York.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

This giant rock arrived at this quiet park thousands of years ago on the back of a massive glacier.

Whale bones, scrimshaw, and sperm oil make up just a part of this comprehensive collection of whaling history.

The second-largest (of only two in the world) large particle collider is the underdog of experimental physics.

Spies, love letters, and ghost stories have all left their mark on this home-cum-museum.

Here be dragons.

For a buck, students can snag freshly picked apples grown in the university orchards.

An institution dedicated to the towering buildings that make up skylines in New York City and around the world.

This statue commemorates the meeting of the most influential minds of the women’s rights movement.

This fancifully decorated Victorian home in New York’s Hudson Valley is the only known fully domed octagonal residence in the United States.

This graceful little figure is a one-of-a-kind version of the cherished character.

Magnificent New Deal Murals evoke a time when New York City harbor was one of the world's greatest and busiest ports.

A gazebo that inspired the fifth episode of the "Twilight Zone" still stands in the creator's hometown

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

A small Second Empire-style building is one of only seven remaining lighthouses on the Hudson River.

This preserved wilderness hides the remains of a colonial grain mill used to feed George Washington's troops.

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.

Some of the earliest burial grounds of New York State are to be found hidden away in this quaint town.