Church featuring "high Victorian gothic" architecture.

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

This 220-year-old house is a reminder of New York City's Dutch past.

The oldest Dutch colonial stone house in New York City is a hidden gem on the border of Brooklyn and Queens.

This castle-like building in Manhattan helped destigmatize cancer in the 19th century.

Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.

Failed state-supported institution meant to rehabilitate students with intellectual disabilities.

Once considered the height of medical modernity, this structure is now the oldest remaining component of Roosevelt Hospital.

This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

A safe space and resource for anything and everything relating to sex and sexuality.

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

This eclectic natural history collection holds everything from a bit of the trans-atlantic cable to Hemingway's marlin.

Plaque remembering the 18th century forced relocation of Acadians.

This 90-year-old building is home to possibly the most New Englandy social club in existence.

A restored historic movie theater is the perfect place for a regional film archive.

A charming museum of natural history featuring dioramas and exhibits made entirely by college students.

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

This World's Fair showpiece was built in Chicago, but shipped to Maine.

A giant telephone commemorates the last "crank" call ever made in the U.S.

A century after his death, this covered bridge still calls to mind the plein air painter who loved it.

Turns out you can see the world without ever leaving Maine.

This Maine bridge may be the last wire-supported bridge of its type in the world.