Relics given to a Manhattan church to avoid seizure by the Italian government.

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

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

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

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

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

Deep under Manhattan is the largest construction project in city history. So far, the project has taken the lives of 23 workers, or "a man a mile."

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

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

A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.

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

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

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

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

Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.

The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.

This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.