The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

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

Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.

Piano-making empire filled with 200-year-old steam machines still churning out 1,000 instruments a year.

19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

A notorious punk house turned co-op.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

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

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

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

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

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

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

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

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.