One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

Check out the underground party scene at the "Burning Man of Brooklyn."

This Queens beer hall preserves a German culture and language that is all but lost.

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

The first partially complete dinosaur skeleton was discovered here, forever changing the world's view of the ruling reptiles.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

A historic lighthouse steeped in rumors of ghost and pirate stories.

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.

The first pet cemetery in the United States.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.