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A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.

Failed state-supported institution meant to rehabilitate students with intellectual disabilities.

This whimsically unique butterfly farm focuses solely on creating habitats for the gentle insects.

The quarry was abandoned over 100 years ago, after a massive ammunition explosion ended in tragedy.

An unconventional space for art and science housed in a massive old warehouse.

The mosaic Star of David at the front of this store hints that it's no ordinary Italian grocer.

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

Sunset Park's Guatemalan community knows to head to the back of this bodega for a taste of home.

Manhattan's deadly West Side railroad, which killed hundreds of New Yorkers, is remembered by this simple plaque.

The gilded vestiges of a sterling department store can still be found in a Brooklyn shopping center.

Con Edison’s exotic and heat-loving pests.

One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.

Walking around West Harlem reveals a scavenger hunt of beautiful bird murals.

A young woman's senseless murder led to the controversial psychological theory of the "bystander effect."

This lovely little pond is named after the hundreds of soldiers' corpses that were rolled into the waters during the French-Indian War.

Once a month, an Indonesian feast appears inside an Elmhurst church hall.

An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.

The Underground Railroad passed right through this historic Brooklyn Heights church.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

The origins of midtown Manhattan's anachronistic wooden farmhouse remain a mystery.

A forgotten relic from New York's bygone trolley system hides in plain sight under a bridge.

“Wagon Jobber" turned smokehouse magnate's family-owned business is still going strong 100 years later.

Hundreds of numbered stakes hidden in the woods mark the graves of the lost souls of a nearby asylum.

Head past the aisles of tropical fruit and imported candy at this bodega to discover a hidden, weekends-only taco stand.