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

Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.

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

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

Jimi Hendrix's legendary recording studio in Greenwich Village.

This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

A remnant of the original World Trade Center complex continues to serve as a commuter gateway.

The façade of this building looks like a bingo board, but it's really a giant clock by a famed graphic designer.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

Magnificent New Deal Murals evoke a time when New York City harbor was one of the world's greatest and busiest ports.

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

Currently housing a corporate bank branch this building at the southern tip of Manhattan was once the gateway to luxury vacationing.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

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

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

A vibrant, 100-foot-tall mural dedicated to Evelyn Nesbit, the tragic icon of the Gilded Age.

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

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.