Hidden behind a gate in Greenwich Village is a little farmhouse that once served as the writing studio of a bestselling author.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

Failed state-supported institution meant to rehabilitate students with intellectual disabilities.

This striking arch, one of the first architectural elements constructed in Prospect Park, was recently restored to its original glory.

The Underground Railroad passed right through this historic Brooklyn Heights church.

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

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

This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

Where the four original members of the Ramones hung out and revolutionized punk rock.

Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

Long-forgotten artifacts give incredible insight into New York's most glamorous hotel.

This curved Manhattan building was built to house the opulence of John D. Rockefeller's oil empire.

The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

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

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

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

The world's largest collection of materials relating to lesbian history is housed in a Brooklyn townhouse.

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

Dedicated to preserving the history of free Black communities in Brooklyn and beyond.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.