First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

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

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

Waterway populated with abandoned projects, including a submarine.

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

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

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

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

Abandoned 19th century homes once occupied by naval officers, soon to be demolished.

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

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

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

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

This micro-industry of Latino cuisine along Red Hook's Ball Fields represents a victory in a food fight with the city.

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.

This seemingly unremarkable boulder is said to bear the hoofprint of the devil himself.

Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.

These 20-foot sculptures will help guide you from the local train station to the local sculpture garden.

One Brooklyn man's collection of life-size fiberglass statues has taken over his entire yard.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

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

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

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