Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.

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

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

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

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

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

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

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

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

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

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

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

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

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

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

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

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

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

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

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

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

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.