Monument to a forgotten NYC disaster that claimed the lives of 1,000.

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

Currently housing a corporate bank branch this building at the southern tip of Manhattan was once the gateway to luxury vacationing.

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

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

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

Set sail on a small scale.

The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.

Amid the marketing blitz of modern Times Square is an elegant holdover from its showbiz glory days.

There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.

Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.

The origins of midtown Manhattan's anachronistic wooden farmhouse remain a mystery.

An annual extravaganza of Broadway theater memorabilia.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

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

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

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

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

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

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

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.