Hear the tales of New York's most notorious criminals.

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

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

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.

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

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

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

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

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

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

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 empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

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

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

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

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