The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.

Hear the tales of New York's most notorious criminals.

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.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.

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

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

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

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

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

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

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

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

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

A museum devoted to bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories through exhibitions, education and public programming.

A cargo of beautiful music.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

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

A veritable variety of odds and ends.

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

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.