The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

The legendary court where emerging basketball players gain their street cred.

New York's unstoppable progress turned this cemetery into the smallest burial ground in the city.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

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

This humble historic facade hides a history of boozing and the gentlemanly sport of rat-fighting.

Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.

The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.

Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.

Rat sculptures try to infiltrate the Graybar Building in an architectural tribute to New York City's nautical history.

A strangely angled West Village home is the only monument to an explosion that took the lives of three American revolutionaries.

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

Revolutionary War casualties fill the only 17th century structure remaining in Manhattan.

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

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.

The most confusing clock in New York.

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

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

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

Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.