The highest point on the island known for buildings that touch the sky.

The last remnants of what was once one of the world's grandest hotels can now be found in a Manhattan subway station.

Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.

The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.

This abandoned caretaker's apartment is one of 13 left in the New York Public Library system.

Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.

More than 300,000 historical artifacts from the famous music venue, from Duke Ellington's handwritten score to The Beatles' booking slip.

This former crime corner has been turned into an eclectic community center.

A prohibition era watering hole for the police.

The mummified relics of an American missionary.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

Discover the taste of mold.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

A notorious punk house turned co-op.

Join in a Seance at the Swedenborgian Church.

A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.

The first "Hall of Fame" in America was designed by legendary Gilded Age architect Stanford White for what was then the NYU uptown campus.

A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.

Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

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

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