Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.

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

With a history dating back to Victorian times, this architectural gem is a rare New York tourist haunt worth visiting.

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

This outdoor gallery of sculptures along the East River was once a landfill.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

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

For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."

A memorial marks the library lobby where Langston Hughes' ashes are buried.

A living lighting fixture.

Situated in a bustling intersection, this "mobile" monument that honors local veterans from five different wars has moved several times but appears to have found its final resting place.

The colonial home of Paul Revere during the American Revolution.

A square-domed symbol of resilience in the heart of the old Jewish Ghetto.

This map, on display in the Library of Congress, and one of only seven known to exist, is the very first map of the United States.

Experience the pivotal Civil War battle at this interactive museum.

This 1920s mansion in the Outer Banks has some of the best examples of Art Nouveau ornamentations in the United States.

This historic World War II ship is one of only 4 Fletcher-class destroyers remaining worldwide.

Northern Virginia’s iconic Vietnamese shopping center.

Walk down an otherwise nondescript alley near Washington Square West in South Philly and find yourself in a vivid, immersive mosaic wonderland.

Through a gap in a chain link fence behind an auto shop is one of Arlington’s oldest family cemeteries.

A centuries-old stone pagoda from Japan stands among cherry trees beside the National Mall Tidal Basin.