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

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

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

The former estate of the Guggenheims, part of the opulent Gold Coast that inspired the Great Gatsby.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

This abandoned ironworks was once the most important military supplier in America.

This monument to a veteran of the Mexican-American War is one of only two in Manhattan that serve as an actual mausoleum.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

An abandoned dollhouse factory.

A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

A hamlet full of permanent Christmas spirit holds one of the earliest theme parks in the United States.

This nearly invisible wire transforms much of the city into one big, symbolic home on the holy day.

Once thought to be the fabled Holy Grail, it is now known to be an oil lamp.

The dairy farm in upstate New York where nearly half a million people gathered for three days of peace and music in 1969.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

Here be dragons.

Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.

Hidden inside one of the world's most well-visited zoos is a secret plaque promising eternal life.

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.

This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.

This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.