The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

The most confusing clock in New York.

A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.

Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.

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

A Yiddish theater turned movie house turned rock and roll landmark turned gay disco turned bank.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

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

Walk over a 150 year old manhole.

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

The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.

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

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

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

The greatest real estate coup of all time.

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

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

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

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

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

This vacant church in the Financial District was once the heart of New York's first Syrian immigrant community.

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