Magnificent New Deal Murals evoke a time when New York City harbor was one of the world's greatest and busiest ports.

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

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

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

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

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

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

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

The highest rapid transit station in the world.

This metal eagle one of the final remnants of a newspaper that wanted to keep Brooklyn to Brooklyn.

This neo-Gothic former auto showroom is one of the few remaining reminders of Brooklyn's "Automobile Row."

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.

A Collegiate Gothic quadrangle that surrounds an 18th century secondary school whose financing came from the likes of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, among others.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

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

A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.

This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.

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