This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

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

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

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

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

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.

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

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

A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.

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

A simple plaque remembers an act of WWI terrorism that obliterated an island and forever scarred the Statue of Liberty.

On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

A cruise terminal that changes the atmosphere of Red Hook's industrial waterfront.

A playground inspired by differential calculus dangles from the ceiling of the Liberty Science Center.

World Trade Center memorial likened to a woman's sexual organ.