This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

A way to take your secrets to someone else's grave.

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

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

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

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

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

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

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

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.

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

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

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

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

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

The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

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