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

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

Wooden pavers represent a 17th-century barrier that gave Wall Street its name.

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

This monument is dedicated to Balto, the heroic Alaskan sled dog.

The only subway station in the city that still makes use of gap fillers.

The lesser-known Alice sculpture of Central Park dedicated to the “godmother of American children.”

This Upper East Side apartment co-op was designed as a tuberculosis sanitarium.

Here be dragons.

A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

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."

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.