A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.

A young woman's senseless murder led to the controversial psychological theory of the "bystander effect."

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

Piano-making empire filled with 200-year-old steam machines still churning out 1,000 instruments a year.

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

Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.

Here be dragons.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

Site of the first pathological and bacteriological research facility in the United States.

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

Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.

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

The most confusing clock in New York.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

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

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

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

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.