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.

A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

Public outcry led to this bridge's unique character which celebrates a giant frog battle and also sewing.

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

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

A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.

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

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.

The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.

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

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.