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A small part of lower Manhattan is actually made from a bit of England.

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.

Take an underground boat ride through a former hydraulic raceway that was built in the late 19th century.

The "Skinny House" is made from scrap, salvage, and a neighbor’s kindness.

This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

This oversize piece of novelty cookware once cooked the largest pancake in the world.

Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.

A mysterious statue of a leather jacket-clad rebel leans coolly on an odd yellow clock.

These historic buildings once housed the headquarters of one of the most infamous gangs of New York.

Known as the "Forgotten City" it was home to industry, riots, artists, squatters, and to one of the largest single disaster fires in New York City.

A fire station-turned-church-turned-museum dedicated to the work of seminal light artist Dan Flavin.

Sip a cappuccino in the historic cafe that introduced them to the United States.

This 220-year-old house is a reminder of New York City's Dutch past.

This sprawling collection of saintly relics includes such fascinations as wood from the Cross of Jesus and threads from Mary's veil.

This micro-industry of Latino cuisine along Red Hook's Ball Fields represents a victory in a food fight with the city.

The Binghamton area is home to six of the last remaining hand-carved vintage carousels.

The East Village tenement from the cover of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 album has a tea shop on the ground floor.

The best way to get a sneak peek at the movies.

Believe It or Not, Ripley once called this chiseled mountainside “New York’s Mount Rushmore”.

Secluded amid upstate New York’s Adirondack Mountains lies this subterranean emblem of a nation on the brink of nuclear war. And it's for sale.

A basement pool hall is the front for some of the best Dominican food in New York City.

The French deconstructionist had a weakness for baked goods.