Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

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

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

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

One of the only single-person private gravesites in New York City.

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

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

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

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

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

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

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

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

The famous facade of Grand Central Terminal hides a regulation tennis court, and it's not the first one.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

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

This giant boulder is sandwiched between apartment complexes in upper Manhattan.