The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."

A playground the size of a city block is a modernist monument to civic values and public housing.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."

This nearly invisible wire transforms much of the city into one big, symbolic home on the holy day.

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.

This small New York museum celebrates the mountainous artwork of a Russian mystic.

A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.

A memorial marks the library lobby where Langston Hughes' ashes are buried.

You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.

The studio of influential composer Charles Ives is perfectly reconstructed, hidden in the back of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

This Manhattan museum houses one of the largest collections of Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain.

A crumbling staircase in upper Manhattan is all that remains of one of the most important sites in sports history.

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

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

Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.

Rare moles meet activism at this Oaxacan eatery.

The loneliest island in New York.

This old estate is a remnant of when the Bronx was a popular summer destination for wealthy New Yorkers.

Collect holy water from a Bronx grotto.

Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.