This 220-year-old house is a reminder of New York City's Dutch past.

The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

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

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

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

A well-worn marker in a forgotten alleyway is all that remains of what had been one of Manhattan's most beautiful buildings.

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

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

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

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

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

A remnant of the original World Trade Center complex continues to serve as a commuter gateway.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

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

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

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

Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.

The saddest little diner in New York.