The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

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

Magnificent New Deal Murals evoke a time when New York City harbor was one of the world's greatest and busiest ports.

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.

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

This small New York museum celebrates the mountainous artwork of a Russian mystic.

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

The mummified relics of an American missionary.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

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

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

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

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?

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

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

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

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

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