Historic town settled in the 19th century because of its convenient location along a popular coal transport route.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.

Manhattan's deadly West Side railroad, which killed hundreds of New Yorkers, is remembered by this simple plaque.

Amid skyscrapers and traffic exists this unique aquatic ecosystem.

The saddest little diner in New York.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.

On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.

A simple plaque remembers an act of WWI terrorism that obliterated an island and forever scarred the Statue of Liberty.

This evocative New Jersey statue memoralizes the Polish victims of a Soviet massacre.

A playground inspired by differential calculus dangles from the ceiling of the Liberty Science Center.

Edison's cast-in-place concrete houses were a failure, but way ahead of their time.

This old-fashioned candy shop, ice cream parlor, and diner served as the setting for one of TV's most controversial series finales.