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

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

The former home of the reclusive "Weird Wendels" who dominated New York real estate a century before Donald Trump.

There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.

A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.

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

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

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

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

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

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

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.

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

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

A famous songsmith's custom piano, dubbed "High Society," is hidden just out of sight in one of New York's finest hotels.

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

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

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.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

Visit the site of a subway powered by nothing more than air--and lots of it.

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

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.