Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Become a prohibition rebel.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.

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

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

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

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

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

Four cars from the old system were once on display, but were removed in 2014.

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

The humble fort that saved Washington.

A cruise terminal that changes the atmosphere of Red Hook's industrial waterfront.

An unconventional space for art and science housed in a massive old warehouse.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

The highest rapid transit station in the world.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.

A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories