These century-old townhouses contain some of the first car garages built in the United States.

Two New York rooftops are home to the largest rooftop soil farms in the world.

Former abode of notable poet, complete with literary references and stories of ghosts.

This museum on a college campus pays tribute to the Arctic and to two explorer alumni.

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

The shared home of a utopian commune that practiced "free love" a century before the hippies.

This giant boulder is sandwiched between apartment complexes in upper Manhattan.

A community farm in the midst of the Brooklyn concrete.

The largest Buddha statue in the Western Hemisphere is just 50 miles north of NYC.

This micro-industry of Latino cuisine along Red Hook's Ball Fields represents a victory in a food fight with the city.

A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.

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

A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.

The oldest continuously operating farm in New York State.

This nearly invisible wire transforms much of the city into one big, symbolic home on the holy day.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

The lost town of Neversink, sunk by New York City.