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

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

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

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

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

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

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

For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."

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.

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

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

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

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

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.

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

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.

A thriving Black community was destroyed by an angry white mob at this site in 1923.