A museum devoted to bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories through exhibitions, education and public programming.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

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

The highest point on the island known for buildings that touch the sky.

America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.

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.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

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

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.

The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.

On this tiny spot of land in the middle of Lake Titicaca the only ones who do the knitting are the men.

The large collection of pre-Columbian pottery might make you blush.

A painting in the historic Cathedral Basilica depicts Jesus and his disciples dining on a traditional Peruvian menu.