While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

A mysterious statue of a leather jacket-clad rebel leans coolly on an odd yellow clock.

Once thought to be the fabled Holy Grail, it is now known to be an oil lamp.

This impressive mansion in Vinegar Hill has some mysterious details in its architecture.

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

A mass grave for victims of one of the city’s worst fires.

This old estate is a remnant of when the Bronx was a popular summer destination for wealthy New Yorkers.

The only surviving sidewalk clock in Brooklyn.

This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.

You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.

Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.

The mosaic Star of David at the front of this store hints that it's no ordinary Italian grocer.

This micro-industry of Latino cuisine along Red Hook's Ball Fields represents a victory in a food fight with the city.

Surrounded by low rise buildings and partially converted into an auto body shop, this marble archway is the only vestige of a forgotten Manhattan estate.

This 19th century brick building in Brooklyn stands out like the anachronistic landmark that it is.

A one-ton statue of Steve Rogers beautifies the entry to a Brooklyn Bed, Bath & Beyond.

Final resting place of the immigrant who brought artificial seltzer water to America.

Oldest surviving example of a Dutch saltbox frame house in America.

Set sail on a small scale.

This Manhattan museum houses one of the largest collections of Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain.

Small monoliths of several varieties of stone sit alongside a wooded path in the Bronx.

This nostalgic blast from the grooming past is also a working barbershop.

This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.

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