This monument to a veteran of the Mexican-American War is one of only two in Manhattan that serve as an actual mausoleum.

The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.

The origins of midtown Manhattan's anachronistic wooden farmhouse remain a mystery.

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

The most confusing clock in New York.

A Manhattan office building is home to the world's largest chess board.

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

A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.

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

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.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

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

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

Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.

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

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.