Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.

The home of one of America's most beloved fictional characters has become a real world landmark.

This Manhattan museum houses one of the largest collections of Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain.

A memorial marks the library lobby where Langston Hughes' ashes are buried.

Once thought to be the fabled Holy Grail, it is now known to be an oil lamp.

The only remaining building in New York to see the inauguration of a president is being slowly overtaken by a grocery store.

This Upper East Side apartment co-op was designed as a tuberculosis sanitarium.

Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.

This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.

Manhattan and the Bronx have been playing tug-of-war over this former island neighborhood for more than a century.

Currently housing a corporate bank branch this building at the southern tip of Manhattan was once the gateway to luxury vacationing.

This nearly invisible wire transforms much of the city into one big, symbolic home on the holy day.

Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.

A forgotten relic from New York's bygone trolley system hides in plain sight under a bridge.

Monument to a forgotten NYC disaster that claimed the lives of 1,000.

New York City's only wildlife rehabilitation center treats more than 3,000 feathered and furry patients each year.

A heartbreaking monument showing the last morning in the life of Jane Griffith.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

This castle-like building in Manhattan helped destigmatize cancer in the 19th century.

Some of the best Persian food in New York comes from the front window of an unassuming pizza shop.

A plaque immortalizes the spot where the early American spy said his famous last words: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

A simple midtown bar was once the home of a secretive and exclusive club staffed by "bunnies" under Hefner's strict rules.