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

The only remaining building in New York to see the inauguration of a president is being slowly overtaken by a grocery store.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.

You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.

Once thought to be the fabled Holy Grail, it is now known to be an oil lamp.

Magnificent New Deal Murals evoke a time when New York City harbor was one of the world's greatest and busiest ports.

One of the only single-person private gravesites in New York City.

A memorial marks the library lobby where Langston Hughes' ashes are buried.

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

This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.

Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.

Manhattan and the Bronx have been playing tug-of-war over this former island neighborhood for more than a century.

This nearly invisible wire transforms much of the city into one big, symbolic home on the holy day.

Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.

These ornate manhole covers were used for a now-forgotten purpose.

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

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.

The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.