New York, New York
The Wendel House
The former home of the reclusive "Weird Wendels" who dominated New York real estate a century before Donald Trump.
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New York, New York
The former home of the reclusive "Weird Wendels" who dominated New York real estate a century before Donald Trump.
New Paltz, New York
The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.
New York, New York
Recovered suit of a cannibalistic West African gang.
New York, New York
Rat sculptures try to infiltrate the Graybar Building in an architectural tribute to New York City's nautical history.
New York, New York
The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.
Boston, Massachusetts
Ever wanted the laymen's version of your credit card fine print?
New York, New York
A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.
New York, New York
Play heads or tails with thousands of different coins.
Cassadaga, New York
Town full of spiritualists, some of whom are mediums, is still in full swing after 130 years.
New York, New York
Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.
New York, New York
Hear the tales of New York's most notorious criminals.
Shoreham, New York
An unrealized dream to wirelessly electrify the entire Earth.
New York, New York
This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.
New York, New York
Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.
New York, New York
This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.
New York, New York
Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Amazingly, this old machine within the Resorts Casino still functions.
Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey
Along a busy beachfront strip you may hear Frank Sinatra singing from one boardwalk home.
Jersey City, New Jersey
A simple plaque remembers an act of WWI terrorism that obliterated an island and forever scarred the Statue of Liberty.
Weehawken, New Jersey
The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head after a deadly duel can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.
West Windsor Township, New Jersey
A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.
Dakar, Senegal
This giant statue is the product of a mixture of corruption, Stalinist architecture, and North Korean manpower.
Bandiagara, Mali
These homes carved into the mountains seem to defy the laws of nature.
Timbuktu, Mali
Ancient Manuscripts showcase the civilization of West Africans during the Middle Ages.