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

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

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

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

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

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

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

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

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

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

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.