Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.

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

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

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

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

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

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

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

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

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

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

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

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

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

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

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