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One of the largest festivals of flowers in North America takes place, appropriately, in the Flower City.

Eclectic architecture in the woods of New York.

The largest Buddha statue in the Western Hemisphere is just 50 miles north of NYC.

Homemade rockets, dinosaurs, and robots make this New York small business much more than a furniture store.

A peaceful international sculpture garden in upstate New York.

Canada's oldest railway tunnel is illuminated in a rainbow of color as it passes under the streets of this small city.

The first evidence of some of the Earth's earliest life was found in this fossilized undersea grotto.

A beautiful multicolored mound formed by the mineral deposits of the Orenda Spring.

The phone booths of New York City have all but disappeared, but their remains were once found in this "graveyard," sadly now removed as well.

Despite not growing anywhere near New York City, bananas are ripened in a pressurized room in the Bronx using precise banana science.

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

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

Balanced rock sculptures pay tribute to a murdered conservationist and his pioneer wife.

Once the foundation for a mansion, these ruins now offer amazing panoramic coastal views.

A secret climbing tree hides along the side of a Costa Rican road.