Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.

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

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

One of the oldest carousels in the United States is still running in the coastal village of Watch Hill.

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

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

The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

On the top floor of an upscale department store stands a lavish restaurant housed in a replica of a luxury French dining car.

Local legend says Isaac Newton built this footbridge without any screws, bolts, or nails.

Named after a lodging site that existed nearby, a bridge has existed at this location since 1455.

Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.