A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

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

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

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

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

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

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

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

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

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

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

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

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

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