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

Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.

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

This study room in the New York Public Library saw the creation of one of contemporary America's greatest traitors.

A strangely angled West Village home is the only monument to an explosion that took the lives of three American revolutionaries.

The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.

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

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.

Set sail on a small scale.

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

A famous songsmith's custom piano, dubbed "High Society," is hidden just out of sight in one of New York's finest hotels.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

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

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

The most confusing clock in New York.

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

Ever wanted the laymen's version of your credit card fine print?

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

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

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.