An abandoned subway tunnel that could have reinvigorated Staten Island still lies somewhere beneath this Brooklyn park.

A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.

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

A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.

Join in a Seance at the Swedenborgian Church.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

The highest point on the island known for buildings that touch the sky.

Final resting place of two dozen New York City harbor ships.

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

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

This was one of the first (and last) university-built and operated nuclear reactors.

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.

This former crime corner has been turned into an eclectic community center.

Piano-making empire filled with 200-year-old steam machines still churning out 1,000 instruments a year.

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

The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.

This lavish room at NYC's French Embassy is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.

The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.