This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

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

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.

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

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

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

After traveling the world, one of the last remaining fully-rigged three masted iron-hulled cargo ship in the world found its home in New York.

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

The façade of this building looks like a bingo board, but it's really a giant clock by a famed graphic designer.

Narrowest house in Boston.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

Mural fragments and various sculptures honor the longtime artist.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.