Gang fights don't just happen on the streets, they happen under them too.

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.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

A massive forgotten storehouse from 1913 on the Brooklyn Waterfront has a spectacular view of Brooklyn.

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

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

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

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

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

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

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

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.