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This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.

Piano-making empire filled with 200-year-old steam machines still churning out 1,000 instruments a year.

The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.

The most unloved grain elevator in Brooklyn was a “Magnificent Mistake.”

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.

19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

A Manhattan office building is home to the world’s largest chess board.

Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.

Take in a rare, face-to-face glimpse of Lady Liberty at this tucked away Red Hook park.

An old abandoned mining town in The Adirondacks where Theodore Roosevelt first learned of the shooting of President William McKinley.

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.

The most confusing clock in New York.

A mysterious echo seems to defy the laws of acoustics.

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.

An abandoned Gold Coast-era mansion once intended for the exiled ruler of Albania, who never arrived.

Town full of spiritualists, some of whom are mediums, is still in full swing after 130 years.

Come for the waffles, stay for more waffles.

A massive forgotten storehouse from 1913 on the Brooklyn Waterfront has a spectacular view of Brooklyn.

A notorious punk house turned co-op.

This natural rock "church" might not be a proper chapel but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.

A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.