A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.

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

A strangely angled West Village home is the only monument to an explosion that took the lives of three American revolutionaries.

The tiniest little stage in New York.

Once considered the height of medical modernity, this structure is now the oldest remaining component of Roosevelt Hospital.

A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.

One of the last full-orchestra recording studios in New York City and an acoustical marvel.

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.

A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.

A crumbling staircase in upper Manhattan is all that remains of one of the most important sites in sports history.

The last remnants of what was once one of the world's grandest hotels can now be found in a Manhattan subway station.

Harlem park dedicated to compulsive hoarders killed by their own junk.

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

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.

A prohibition era watering hole for the police.

More than 300,000 historical artifacts from the famous music venue, from Duke Ellington's handwritten score to The Beatles' booking slip.

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

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

A partially hidden wall graffitied by spectators of the 1976 Bicentennial, recently rediscovered.

A Manhattan office building is home to the world's largest chess board.