After surviving abandonment, this powerful Latin American mural is alive again.

Jimi Hendrix's legendary recording studio in Greenwich Village.

New York's unstoppable progress turned this cemetery into the smallest burial ground in the city.

These ornate manhole covers were used for a now-forgotten purpose.

Hidden behind a gate in Greenwich Village is a little farmhouse that once served as the writing studio of a bestselling author.

Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.

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

A strangely angled West Village home is the only monument to an explosion that took the lives of three American revolutionaries.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

Those belting out show tunes might not realize this piano bar marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

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

This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.

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

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

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

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

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

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

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

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

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

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This water tower commemorates the invention of the transistor on this site in 1947.

Hidden deep within New Jersey Pine Barrens is a massive graffiti wonderland.