A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.

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

The competition: breathe deeply as long as you can.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

Con Edison’s exotic and heat-loving pests.

The mass grave of a heroic Revolutionary War regiment sits below an empty lot near the Gowanus Canal.

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.

I fought the law and the precinct caved in.

A museum devoted to bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories through exhibitions, education and public programming.

A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.

This historic old movie house was the scene of one of the Blob's most iconic attacks.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

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

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

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

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.

The most confusing clock in New York.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

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

This humble historic facade hides a history of boozing and the gentlemanly sport of rat-fighting.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.