These century-old townhouses contain some of the first car garages built in the United States.

The best way to get a sneak peek at the movies.

From this desk Al Hirschfeld drew his influential caricatures of the 20th century's Broadway stars.

This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.

New York City's only wildlife rehabilitation center treats more than 3,000 feathered and furry patients each year.

Dedicated to preserving the history of free Black communities in Brooklyn and beyond.

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

This Manhattan museum houses one of the largest collections of Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain.

The first "Hall of Fame" in America was designed by legendary Gilded Age architect Stanford White for what was then the NYU uptown campus.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

The home of one of America's most wealthy industrialists is now a historic site that remembers a more decadent time in the country's history.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.

A six-story treehouse offers spectacular views of New York's Finger Lakes region.

A huge resale shop for the cast-offs of the film & television industry.

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

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

What was once a vast naval cemetery is now home to nesting birds and pollinating bees.

A touching tribute to the "Queen of Soul."

Built in the 1920s, this co-op in the Bronx feels more like an Italian villa than a typical New York apartment building.

Amid skyscrapers and traffic exists this unique aquatic ecosystem.

Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.

This unusual subway stop was originally a real estate office.

Surrounded by low rise buildings and partially converted into an auto body shop, this marble archway is the only vestige of a forgotten Manhattan estate.