This Manhattan skyscraper is a reminder of the brief but glorious age of urban air taxis.

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

Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

The mummified relics of an American missionary.

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

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

A Manhattan office building is home to the world's largest chess board.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

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

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

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

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

The "Seinfeld" diner.

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

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