The oldest Dutch colonial stone house in New York City is a hidden gem on the border of Brooklyn and Queens.

Con Edison’s exotic and heat-loving pests.

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

Two community gardens under the elevated subway lines on a very busy commercial strip in Bushwick.

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

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

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

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

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

The most confusing clock in New York.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

The world's largest collection of materials relating to lesbian history is housed in a Brooklyn townhouse.

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

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.