Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

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

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Hear the tales of New York's most notorious criminals.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.