A plaque immortalizes the spot where the early American spy said his famous last words: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.

A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

This Upper East Side apartment co-op was designed as a tuberculosis sanitarium.