An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

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

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

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.