Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

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

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

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

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

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

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

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

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

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

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

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

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

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

The former home of the man whose radical ideas changed the nation.

An eponymous directional signpost erected by the first president of the United States.