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This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.

A secret, rocky playground hidden amongst the plain white beaches of the Florida coast.

Gutted airplanes slowly decay in a Florida field.

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.

Tour the oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

One of the last full-orchestra recording studios in New York City and an acoustical marvel.

The former home of the reclusive "Weird Wendels" who dominated New York real estate a century before Donald Trump.

The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.

A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

A cargo of beautiful music.

An accidentally hidden library containing the ephemeral history of New York.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

Fabrication workshop where the encasement for One World Trade Center's beacon was constructed.

A simple plaque remembers an act of WWI terrorism that obliterated an island and forever scarred the Statue of Liberty.

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

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

Waterway populated with abandoned projects, including a submarine.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

Edison's cast-in-place concrete houses were a failure, but way ahead of their time.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

Once the world's largest reinforced concrete structure, this abandoned bridge now beckons urban explorers.