An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.

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

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

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

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

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

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

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

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

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

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

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

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

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

Visit the site of a subway powered by nothing more than air--and lots of it.

An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.

This humble historic facade hides a history of boozing and the gentlemanly sport of rat-fighting.

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

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.