Nearly four centuries after its founding, remnants of one of the oldest planned communities in North America are still visible in southern Brooklyn.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

The flagship building of an early national restaurant chain is a superb example of terra cotta art.

This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.

Waterway populated with abandoned projects, including a submarine.

One Brooklyn man's collection of life-size fiberglass statues has taken over his entire yard.

On holy holidays, Israel's second president used this room atop Mount Zion as a refuge to read the Torah.

A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

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.

Striking images of New Orleans history, including colonizers, soldiers, Klansmen, scientists, sharecroppers, and more, are depicted in frescoes that line the walls of this transportation hub.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

This 45-story tall abandoned skyscraper is the third tallest building in New Orleans and Lousiana.

A crumbling staircase in upper Manhattan is all that remains of one of the most important sites in sports history.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

The highest point on the island known for buildings that touch the sky.

The mummified relics of an American missionary.

This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.

Surrounded by low rise buildings and partially converted into an auto body shop, this marble archway is the only vestige of a forgotten Manhattan estate.

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

This street has over a half-dozen names, all at once.