This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

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

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

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

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

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

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