The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.

Reforestation in action is the main attraction in this abandoned quarry.

Memorial to the 137 lives lost on a ship fire, the whole hulk of which washed up on the Asbury Park shore.

One-time largest man-made structure in the world will be a park in 30 years.

This once-grand marvel of engineering is now 41 miles of scenic hiking trail.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

Small monoliths of several varieties of stone sit alongside a wooded path in the Bronx.

An abandoned subway tunnel that could have reinvigorated Staten Island still lies somewhere beneath this Brooklyn park.

Con Edison’s exotic and heat-loving pests.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

Residents of this Brooklyn neighborhood may be unaware their houses sit atop a buried trolley graveyard.

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

A Collegiate Gothic quadrangle that surrounds an 18th century secondary school whose financing came from the likes of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, among others.

A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.

Final resting place of the immigrant who brought artificial seltzer water to America.

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

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.

A mass grave for victims of one of the city’s worst fires.

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

Piano-making empire filled with 200-year-old steam machines still churning out 1,000 instruments a year.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

A world of whimsy and wonder aboard a one of a kind historic landmark vessel.