This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

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.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.

The loneliest island in New York.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

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.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

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

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

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

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.