An isolated beacon with a history of grisly murder and a view of some of literature's greatest inspirations.

Final resting place of Typhoid Mary.

Surrounded by low rise buildings and partially converted into an auto body shop, this marble archway is the only vestige of a forgotten Manhattan estate.

The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.

The origins of midtown Manhattan's anachronistic wooden farmhouse remain a mystery.

Church in Manhattan holds the bloody sock of Padre Pio, among with many other unusual relics.

Collect holy water from a Bronx grotto.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

The first "Hall of Fame" in America was designed by legendary Gilded Age architect Stanford White for what was then the NYU uptown campus.

The mummified relics of an American missionary.

Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.

Relics given to a Manhattan church to avoid seizure by the Italian government.

This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

Deep under Manhattan is the largest construction project in city history. So far, the project has taken the lives of 23 workers, or "a man a mile."

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

The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.

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

This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.

The loneliest island in New York.

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

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.