Manhattan and the Bronx have been playing tug-of-war over this former island neighborhood for more than a century.

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

The mummified relics of an American missionary.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

A large boulder marks the place where the island of Manhattan was purportedly "sold" to the Dutch.

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

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

Staten Island's original central park is the former home of the city water supply as well as thousands of immigrant graves.

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

The pioneering photographer's prints are immortalized inside her childhood home.

This small and serene place for quiet reflection on Staten Island was built in China based on the gardens of the Ming Dynasty.

One-time largest man-made structure in the world will be a park in 30 years.

The final resting place of some of Staten Island's earliest settlers and their descendants.

Final resting place of two dozen New York City harbor ships.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

Eccentric stone cairns built on a public New York City beach.

During the American Revolution, this mansion hosted failed peace talks between the British and Americans.

Devotional offerings and pleas for intercession are left at this Depression-era shrine inside a nature preserve.

A peaceful international sculpture garden in upstate New York.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.