The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."

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.

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

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

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

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

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.

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

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

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

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

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 beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

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

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

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

This handcrafted, old western-style town is filled with deserted cars, retired movie props, and other forms of Americana.

The scene of the largest surrender of Confederate troops at the end of the American Civil War.

The final resting place of the Seminole Indian chief who fought against government occupation in Florida.