The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

The best way to get a sneak peek at the movies.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

Relics given to a Manhattan church to avoid seizure by the Italian government.

Monument to a forgotten NYC disaster that claimed the lives of 1,000.

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

On this island, you suck away your garbage via an elaborate pneumatic tube system.

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

An art installation commemorates journalist Nellie Bly's undercover reporting inside a New York asylum.

This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

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

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

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.

This magnificent natural sandstone bridge is one of the largest in the world and is an iconic symbol for Lake Powell.

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.