The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

A staggering collection of photographs depicting medical, social, and historical change.

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.

A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.

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

An annual extravaganza of Broadway theater memorabilia.

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.

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

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.

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

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.

A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.

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