The highest point on the island known for buildings that touch the sky.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.

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

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.

Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.

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

An homage to Jackie Gleason's bus-driving character from 'The Honeymooners.'

The origins of midtown Manhattan's anachronistic wooden farmhouse remain a mystery.

These sculptures were designed to beautify this neighborhood when it was established in the 1940s.

If it hadn't been caught in time, a flaw in the design of this Manhattan skyscraper could have led to its collapse.

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

Though the case is scorched and the buttons half-melted, this hardy handheld gaming device can still run a game of Tetris.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

This monument to a veteran of the Mexican-American War is one of only two in Manhattan that serve as an actual mausoleum.

A 19th-century politician who died after walking home in a blizzard is honored with this Manhattan statue.

The one-time office of the architectural firm that ushered in the Gilded Age is now a Club Monaco.

An easy-to-miss plaque marks the building that first held this 19th-century telephone innovation.

After decades of neglect, a brutalist icon is getting new life as an eco-friendly hotel.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

A retired subway car stands alone in a field in the middle of Queens.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.