The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.

The dishes at this restaurant by The Sioux Chef celebrate indigenous heritage.

A Borgesian work of art that may blur the line between fiction and reality a little too convincingly.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

This Bronx apartment building is officially recognized as the birthplace of hip-hop.

This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.

The studio of influential composer Charles Ives is perfectly reconstructed, hidden in the back of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

A mass grave for victims of one of the city’s worst fires.

This old estate is a remnant of when the Bronx was a popular summer destination for wealthy New Yorkers.

Known as the "Forgotten City" it was home to industry, riots, artists, squatters, and to one of the largest single disaster fires in New York City.

These historic buildings once housed the headquarters of one of the most infamous gangs of New York.

One of the only single-person private gravesites in New York City.

A memorial to the first person killed by a motor vehicle in the Western Hemisphere.

A burial ground of rusting metal grave markers.

Dedicated to preserving the history of free Black communities in Brooklyn and beyond.

Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

A former connection to City Island, it has been abandoned since the 1930s.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

A staggering collection of photographs depicting medical, social, and historical change.