A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

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

A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.

What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."

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

A historic 1890s architectural masterpiece with an iconic clock tower that, once open to the public, now faces an uncertain future.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.