The eccentric mansion of one the most popular horror authors of modern times.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

A partially hidden wall graffitied by spectators of the 1976 Bicentennial, recently rediscovered.

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

A historic 1890s architectural masterpiece with an iconic clock tower that, once open to the public, now faces an uncertain future.

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

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

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

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

These historic buildings once housed the headquarters of one of the most infamous gangs of New York.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

Monument to a forgotten NYC disaster that claimed the lives of 1,000.

This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.

The lost town of Neversink, sunk by New York City.

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

A Manhattan office building is home to the world's largest chess board.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Townhouse facade doubles as an RMS Titanic Memorial.