The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

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

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

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

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

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

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

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

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

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

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

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

The highest rapid transit station in the world.

This metal eagle one of the final remnants of a newspaper that wanted to keep Brooklyn to Brooklyn.

This neo-Gothic former auto showroom is one of the few remaining reminders of Brooklyn's "Automobile Row."

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.