Rat sculptures try to infiltrate the Graybar Building in an architectural tribute to New York City's nautical history.

Set sail on a small scale.

The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.

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

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

The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.

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

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

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

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

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

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

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

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

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

The "Seinfeld" diner.