The 570-ton boulder that gave a New Jersey town its name.

An approximately 500 million-year-old rock outcropping covered in fossilized bacteria.

An abandoned military bunker that has been transformed into an artist's paradise.

A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.

This massive boulder is either a unique rock formation created by glacial melt or a magic energy vortex.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.

A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.

The best B-movies filmed on a shoestring budget were born here.

One Brooklyn man's collection of life-size fiberglass statues has taken over his entire yard.

Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.

An extensive collection of fine art devoted to man's best friend.

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

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

The world's largest collection of materials relating to lesbian history is housed in a Brooklyn townhouse.

A no-frills cinephile haven known for showing offbeat, underseen films.

This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

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

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.