The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

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

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

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

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

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

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

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

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

The pioneering photographer's prints are immortalized inside her childhood home.

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

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

The highest natural point in New York City and all of the Atlantic coastal plain.

Final resting place of two dozen New York City harbor ships.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

Eccentric stone cairns built on a public New York City beach.

Devotional offerings and pleas for intercession are left at this Depression-era shrine inside a nature preserve.

During the American Revolution, this mansion hosted failed peace talks between the British and Americans.