Enormous one time fiber mill now houses local artists and small businesses.

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

The legendary court where emerging basketball players gain their street cred.

The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.

This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.

In the middle of downtown Brooklyn lies a 165 year old secret hidden right below the surface (closed to the public indefinitely).

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

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

The loneliest island in New York.

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

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

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

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

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

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

This giant bronze image of Christopher Columbus embarked on a voyage of its own.

This former sugarcane transport tunnel is now a portal to a lovely beach.

The bat-covered home of one of the world's most popular brands of rum is located on a tropical Art Deco campus.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.