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

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.

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

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

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

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

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A memorial to the first person killed by a motor vehicle in the Western Hemisphere.

Down a stairway in the East Village, you could once read a plaque describing an alternate history of a fictional version of Manhattan.

The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.

Thousands of Matchbox cars spanning generations call this New Jersey barn home.

Destructive children, start your engines.

Come for the Italian food, stay for the taxidermy and giant statues.

A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.

A trompe-l'oeil statue honoring the first guide dog in North America.

This hospital fell into ruins after failing to act as the advocate for the mentally ill it was designed to be.