This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

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

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

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

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

A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."

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

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

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

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

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

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.