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

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

This humble historic facade hides a history of boozing and the gentlemanly sport of rat-fighting.

Revolutionary War casualties fill the only 17th century structure remaining in Manhattan.

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

A partially hidden wall graffitied by spectators of the 1976 Bicentennial, recently rediscovered.

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

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

Set sail on a small scale.

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

Currently housing a corporate bank branch this building at the southern tip of Manhattan was once the gateway to luxury vacationing.

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

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

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

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

Deep under Manhattan is the largest construction project in city history. So far, the project has taken the lives of 23 workers, or "a man a mile."

Visit the site of a subway powered by nothing more than air--and lots of it.

An accidentally hidden library containing the ephemeral history of New York.

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.

An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.