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

The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.

Set sail on a small scale.

Manhattan and the Bronx have been playing tug-of-war over this former island neighborhood for more than a century.

Revolutionary War casualties fill the only 17th century structure remaining in Manhattan.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

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

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.

More gold than anywhere else, ever.

Become a prohibition rebel.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.

This dilapidated castle-like structure overlooks the Hudson River at one of its widest points and was once home to nuns.

You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.

A temple belonging to the largest Buddhist order in South Korea nestled in the middle of New York City.

This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

This Orthodox Church's exterior is rather unorthodox.

Despite not growing anywhere near New York City, bananas are ripened in a pressurized room in the Bronx using precise banana science.

The loneliest island in New York.

An isolated beacon with a history of grisly murder and a view of some of literature's greatest inspirations.