Located between Commerce and Morton Streets, sits a building that has been deemed by the city's Landmark Preservation Committee as NYC's narrowest. The house measures a little over 9 feet wide and 30 feet deep. The house was built in 1873 and has had several famous residents such as Cary Grant, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Margaret Mead, and William Steig. In 2015, the house sold for well over $3 million.
August 15, 2019
Salem, Massachusetts
A rare 16-bedroom Qing Dynasty house re-erected on the campus of the Peabody Essex Museum.
Green Island, Taiwan
The ruins of a prehistoric village hide on a remote Taiwanese island.
Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein's royal family calls this medieval alpine castle home.
Alatskivi, Estonia
A wealthy aristocratic family built this Disney-worthy, fairy-tale castle.
Silver Spring, Maryland
These five Art Deco homes were meant to solve the "small house problem."
Stockholm, Sweden
The 19th-century home of Count and Countess von Hallwyl is now a museum.
Alexandria, Virginia
Originally dubbed "Retirement" by the Navy Commodore who built it in 1780, this beautiful mansion is now the centerpiece of a suburban community park.
Roxbury, New York
The Catskills retreat of naturalist writer John Burroughs.
