Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.

A heartbreaking monument showing the last morning in the life of Jane Griffith.

19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.

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

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

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.

Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

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