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

This translucent sculpture represents a quintessential component of New York City's skyline.

Once thought to be the fabled Holy Grail, it is now known to be an oil lamp.

Even for Egyptian royalty, the afterlife was bring-your-own-beef.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

This castle-like building in Manhattan helped destigmatize cancer in the 19th century.

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

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

Gang fights don't just happen on the streets, they happen under them too.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

The former home of the reclusive "Weird Wendels" who dominated New York real estate a century before Donald Trump.

An extensive collection of fine art devoted to man's best friend.

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

Need to book a room at the Hotel Pennsylvania? Just dial up 6-5000.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

A 19th-century politician who died after walking home in a blizzard is honored with this Manhattan statue.

A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.

Test your business savvy and play the market for cocktails at this stock exchange-inspired watering hole.

New York's unstoppable progress turned this cemetery into the smallest burial ground in the city.