A large boulder marks the place where the island of Manhattan was purportedly "sold" to the Dutch.

The pioneering photographer's prints are immortalized inside her childhood home.

The legendary court where emerging basketball players gain their street cred.

An abandoned subway tunnel that could have reinvigorated Staten Island still lies somewhere beneath this Brooklyn park.

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

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

A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."

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