This landmark building is now a vibrant performing arts space with musical acts from around the world.

The mysterious image is believed to show Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, in a beautiful blue dress.

Compensation for the destruction of a historic shipyard.

The one-time office of the architectural firm that ushered in the Gilded Age is now a Club Monaco.

A community farm in the midst of the Brooklyn concrete.

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

A strip of modern stores in historic buildings.

A 19th-century politician who died after walking home in a blizzard is honored with this Manhattan statue.

One of the only single-person private gravesites in New York City.

Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.

This monument to a veteran of the Mexican-American War is one of only two in Manhattan that serve as an actual mausoleum.

A memorial marks the library lobby where Langston Hughes' ashes are buried.

New York's oldest concrete structure is being preserved thanks to the gentrification of Whole Foods.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

Lehigh Valley barge No. 79 still gets tugged along - but now it houses a museum and unusual performances.

Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.

Nope, not Washington Irving's house.

The humble fort that saved Washington.

The only remaining building in New York to see the inauguration of a president is being slowly overtaken by a grocery store.

A well-worn marker in a forgotten alleyway is all that remains of what had been one of Manhattan's most beautiful buildings.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

Walking around West Harlem reveals a scavenger hunt of beautiful bird murals.

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

The former sign of this immortal music venue is just that--undying.