The site of the largest mass execution in Rhode Island history, haunted by the ghosts of hanged pirates.

You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.

The only surviving fragment of the lost Narragansett Pier Casino.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

One of the earliest graveyards in the region.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

Stunningly detailed mosaics in a New York subway station bring life to the Weimaraners of artist William Wegman's work—and to thousands of commutes.

A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.

There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.

An homage to Jackie Gleason's bus-driving character from 'The Honeymooners.'

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.

Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.

Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.

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

This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.

A memorial to the first person killed by a motor vehicle in the Western Hemisphere.

A Yiddish theater turned movie house turned rock and roll landmark turned gay disco turned bank.

Storage warehouse of the rich and famous.

This tribute to the founding father of the American dictionary originally contained a spelling error.

An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.

A tiny memorial for the year the Connecticut River almost destroyed New England.