The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

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

Hear the tales of New York's most notorious criminals.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

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

A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

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

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

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

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

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

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

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

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

This cannonball stands as a reminder of the final act of a fleeting governor amidst a revolution.

This campus chapel is Robert E. Lee's final resting place and a topic of debate about the legacy of the Civil War.

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

Headquarters of the legendary clairvoyant's readings, spiritual hospital, and massage school.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

This statue is dedicated to Grace Sherwood, the last person in Virginia to be convicted of being a witch.