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

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

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

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

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

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

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

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.