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On this island, you suck away your garbage via an elaborate pneumatic tube system.

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

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

The only gallery in New York dedicated to olfactory art and the exploration of scent in art.

It wouldn't be long after purchasing this farm, Brown would lead his siege on Harper's Ferry.

An off the grid woodland retreat that harkens back to days long forgotten.

This high-perched pachyderm marks the memory of not one, but two elephants gunned down in small New England towns.

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

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

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

A commemorative plaque hides a door that leads down to the New York Public Library's underground book bunker.

A carriage house converted into what resembles an 11th-century English manor house

The last standing puppet theater on Long Island.

Here be dragons.

This one-man homegrown eatery may be the world's most exclusive restaurant with its five-year waiting list.

A historic Black graveyard hidden in the parking lot of one of America's largest malls.

A controversial magical figure is hidden within a diorama of the city.

Two monstrous warehouses. One now holds priceless works of art, the other stands abandoned and dilapidated.

Once a dumping spot, now a park with a kayak launch.

The oldest Methodist church in the United States has been spreading the good news for over two centuries.

Guerilla gardeners reclaimed this abandoned railroad land literally putting down roots.

A temple belonging to the largest Buddhist order in South Korea nestled in the middle of New York City.

A large boulder marks the place where the island of Manhattan was purportedly "sold" to the Dutch.

This elaborate tunnel is the first structure composed of cast concrete in the United States.