Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

The most confusing clock in New York.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

According to folklore, Vermont's slanted windows were installed to keep witches from flying into the house.

A giant toy jack made of numerous welded-together fire hydrants.

Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.

The highest peak in the state of Vermont has some interesting features.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

This chapel on a cliff is renowned for its healing powers and was founded on the site of a supposed divine intervention.

A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.