Tours drive right past this military burial ground to get the the Shirley Heights lookout.

The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.

This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.

Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.

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

Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.

Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

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

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.