A 9-story, poured concrete structure which was used as a glue factory with an indelible smell.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

“Wagon Jobber" turned smokehouse magnate's family-owned business is still going strong 100 years later.

2 square block factory in Greenpoint erected in 1936.

A 120-year oil leak slowly unleashes more gallons of oil than the Exxon/Mobil disaster.

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.

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