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The one-time office of the architectural firm that ushered in the Gilded Age is now a Club Monaco.

These historic buildings once housed the headquarters of one of the most infamous gangs of New York.

A prized globe signed by Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh sits in the Brooklyn office of the American Geographical Society.

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

A crumbling staircase in upper Manhattan is all that remains of one of the most important sites in sports history.

The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.

A famous songsmith's custom piano, dubbed "High Society," is hidden just out of sight in one of New York's finest hotels.

A plaque immortalizes the spot where the early American spy said his famous last words: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

This was one of the first (and last) university-built and operated nuclear reactors.

Long-forgotten artifacts give incredible insight into New York's most glamorous hotel.

This curved Manhattan building was built to house the opulence of John D. Rockefeller's oil empire.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

The only Chicago bridgehouse open to the public contains a museum devoted to the Chicago River.

A historic 1929 art-house cinema that features independent, classic, cult, and foreign films in an atmospheric setting.

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

Some of the world’s most popular songs came out of this building.

The only museum in North America dedicated to Memphis hoodoo history.

A unique museum focusing on the history of carpets and fabrics from different tribes and eras in Moroccan history.