Depression-era fun lives on in this Harlem museum dedicated to the sport of the street.

This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

Yo, Adrian!

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

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

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

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

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

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

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

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.

From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.

Walk over a 150 year old manhole.

Brooklyn vintners creating world-class wine in a city not known for its vineyards.

This micro-industry of Latino cuisine along Red Hook's Ball Fields represents a victory in a food fight with the city.

The factory that helped produce a dominant form of lighting before Thomas Edison.

Take in a rare, face-to-face glimpse of Lady Liberty at this tucked away Red Hook park.