If you were standing here on October 5th, 1950, you'd be dead.

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

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

New York City's first Modernist house.

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

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

Storage warehouse of the rich and famous.

A forgotten relic from New York's bygone trolley system hides in plain sight under a bridge.

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

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

A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.

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

Site of the first pathological and bacteriological research facility in the United States.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

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

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

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

Those belting out show tunes might not realize this piano bar marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.