The place where Dvořák composed some of his most famous works.

No monkeying around, this fountain was really named after the classic sci-fi film.

One sculptor's lifelong war game is the largest and longest running miniature campaign in history.

The graveyard holds the remains of Irish immigrants who arrived in Queens after fleeing the Great Famine.

A 13,000-year-old mastodon skeleton was found during the construction of a 19th-century New York mill.

Now the site of a high school, this was almost the location of the largest cathedral in the US.

Stunningly detailed mosaics in a New York subway station bring life to the Weimaraners of artist William Wegman's work—and to thousands of commutes.

The remains of the furnace and iron works that produced the massive Hudson River Chain still stand in the woods of New York.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

Where the legendary Orson Welles got his theatrical start before "Citizen Kane."

New York's oldest concrete structure is being preserved thanks to the gentrification of Whole Foods.

From this desk Al Hirschfeld drew his influential caricatures of the 20th century's Broadway stars.

It wouldn't be long after purchasing this farm, Brown would lead his siege on Harper's Ferry.

The last standing puppet theater on Long Island.

A temple belonging to the largest Buddhist order in South Korea nestled in the middle of New York City.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

The final resting place for the famed creator and narrator of "The Twilight Zone."

On this island, you suck away your garbage via an elaborate pneumatic tube system.

An off the grid woodland retreat that harkens back to days long forgotten.

This rare archive of original recordings and photos uncovers the early days of hip hop culture.

This one-man homegrown eatery may be the world's most exclusive restaurant with its five-year waiting list.

This elaborate tunnel is the first structure composed of cast concrete in the United States.

A beautiful, historic location open to the public.

Here be dragons.