This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.

These 20-foot sculptures will help guide you from the local train station to the local sculpture garden.

Board a mine car and descend the #190 slope 300 feet underground into the Clark Vein of coal.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

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

Manhattan and the Bronx have been playing tug-of-war over this former island neighborhood for more than a century.

Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.

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

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

The highest point on the island known for buildings that touch the sky.

Magnificent New Deal Murals evoke a time when New York City harbor was one of the world's greatest and busiest ports.

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

Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.

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

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

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.