This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

This vacant church in the Financial District was once the heart of New York's first Syrian immigrant community.

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

A remnant of the original World Trade Center complex continues to serve as a commuter gateway.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.

An homage to Jackie Gleason's bus-driving character from 'The Honeymooners.'

A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.

Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

Join in a Seance at the Swedenborgian Church.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

This was one of the first (and last) university-built and operated nuclear reactors.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

This curved Manhattan building was built to house the opulence of John D. Rockefeller's oil empire.

Currently housing a corporate bank branch this building at the southern tip of Manhattan was once the gateway to luxury vacationing.

Walk over a 150 year old manhole.

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

The most confusing clock in New York.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.