Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

An accidentally hidden library containing the ephemeral history of New York.

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.

In the power of this waterfall, Alexander Hamilton saw the potential for industry.

Thomas Edison's home and final resting place also boasts an impressive garage, where some of the earliest electric cars are on display.

Take a step into the workshop where Edison and his employees revolutionized the world.

Featuring the the longest lift span of any vertical-lift bridge in the world.

The drawbridge used in the filming of the movie 'Annie' has been in the open position as it was in the movie for decades.

This huge work of functional public art replaced a landfill in New Jersey's Meadowlands.