Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

Daredevil repair workers can worm their way out the access hatch, loop ropes over the apex and rappel down the monument.

The monument's pointy aluminum tip has been melted down by repeated lightning strikes.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.

A hidden passageway now marks the site of an assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan that some say broke a 140-year-old curse.

The famous bell was secreted away and hidden in a church in Allentown during the British occupation of Philadelphia.

Current docking place of the SS United States, the fastest transatlantic ocean liner.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

This Queens hospital has stood abandoned for almost 20 years after its patients were secretly relocated in the dead of night.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

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

Spiral-bound community recipes and antiquarian gems mingle at this small East Village shop.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

The best way to get a sneak peek at the movies.

A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.

Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.