The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

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

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

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

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

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

On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.

This evocative New Jersey statue memoralizes the Polish victims of a Soviet massacre.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.