New York City

55 Water Street - The Elevated Acre

55 Water Street is an officious-looking financial district towerblock with a delightful secret - the elevated acre, an …

2 Broadway

2 Broadway is a thick 32-storey building in Manhattan's Financial District. It's so thick in fact that it's in breach o…

Erie Basin

As strange as its name suggests, Erie Basin is what you get when you force a furniture giant to make a public park. In …

Greenpoint Terminal Market

Over the years former Brooklyn industrial hub Greenpoint Terminal Market has witnessed worker riots, urban blight, fera…

Gottscheer Hall

A unique NYC eatery with origins in a European settlement from the early 1300s, Gottscheer Hall is a great place to hav…

Jefferson Market Library

Jefferson Market Library is a 19th Century former courthouse in Greenwich Village that has been described as a mock Neu…

Red Hook Winery

New York has been growing grapes for wine since the 17th Century, but it's not exactly a household name in the trade. B…

MoMath (Museum of Mathematics)

Robots, lasers, monkeys and a square-wheeled trike, these are just some of the mathemtical wonders that MoMath, The Mus…

Cherokee Apartments

This inconspicuous 20th Century housing complex was built with a very specific purpose in mind: to house poor families …

77 Water Street: A Brief History Of Office Perks

A pioneer of office culture, 77 Water Street doesn't inspire its workers with ping pong and free beers after 5, it has …

Pier 54 And Its Many Tragedies

A dilapidated docking gate is all that remains of Pier 54, the arrival point of the Titanic disaster's survivors. Now, …

Van Brunt Stillhouse

Named for Brooklyn's founder, Van Brunt Stillhouse revives a distilling culture not seen in the neighbourhood since bef…

The Hangman's Elm, Washington Square Park

There are no prizes for guessing what the Hangman's Elm, New York's oldest and most sinister tree was famous for. Grizz…

Fort Wadsworth

An imposing Staten Island Fortress overlooking NYC's Upper Bay, Fort Wadsworth dates back to 1663, and, having played a…

The Knickerbocker Hotel New York

Rumoured to be the birthplace of the Martini, the Knickerbocker Hotel, New York, has had a colourful history full of mu…

Nicholas Roerich Museum

The Nicholas Roerich Museum houses around 200 works painted by prolific Russian artist, activist, philosopher and mysti…