Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

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

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

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

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

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

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

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

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

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

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

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

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

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

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.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

Legend has it the mill owner's daughter, Mary Musgrove, helped a Patriot soldier hide behind these falls.