A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

Find out what it sounds like when doves cry at Prince's recording studio estate turned museum.

Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.

This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.

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

Ever wanted the laymen's version of your credit card fine print?

The most confusing clock in New York.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

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

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

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

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

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

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

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

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

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