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

Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.

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

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

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

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

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

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.

Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

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

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