The gilded vestiges of a sterling department store can still be found in a Brooklyn shopping center.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

The remains of a 19th century spring, and the site of an infamous unsolved murder.

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."

The former estate of the Guggenheims, part of the opulent Gold Coast that inspired the Great Gatsby.

This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

Humble beginnings for one of the world's most famous scientists.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.