Join photographer John Lazzaro for a sneak peek at his new photo book of former tuberculosis hospitals in the United States!

Founded in 1961, the American Folk Art Museum is the nation’s museum of folk and self-taught art. Candid, genuine, and ...

Most New Yorkers don't know their city was a battleground from August to November 1776 — from Gravesend in Brooklyn to Pelham in the Bronx. The Battle of Harlem Heights was a turning point. On ...

John F. Kennedy Airport got a shiny new hotel last year, the TWA Hotel, a dazzling repurposing of the mid- ...

The only building to ever be demolished from the original Rockefeller Center complex was the RKO Roxy Theater, also known as the Centre Theater, at 1230 Sixth Avenue. The theater was named after ...

Gain a greater understanding of the past, present, and future of the World Trade Center Site on this guided tour led by fellow Untapped New York Insider and 9/11 Memorial Museum volunteer Lisa Kleist.

In the latest Untapped New York Podcast episode, our founder Michelle Young, who also has a master’s degree in Urban Planning from Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and ...

The area was mainly developed in the 1920s and 1930s, developed by the Burfey Realty Company, and originally the area attracted famous golfers since Addisleigh Park was built close to the St. Albans ...

The Vanderbilt family, the namesakes of New York sites such as Vanderbilt Avenue and skyscrapers like One Vanderbilt, was one of the richest families in American history. Their success began with the ...

Just prior to New York State going on PAUSE for coronavirus, we went to visit Roosevelt Island‘s amazing pneumatic tube trash system. Below the streets, residential garbage is whisked underground and ...

You know about armored trucks, but what about an armored subway? From 1951 to 2006, the New York City transit system ran an armored train that moved all the subway and bus fares collected to a secret ...

Strategically placed along the waterways surrounding New York City to warn of aquatic hazards, a collection of lighthouses ushers ships into New York Harbor, lighting the way for a safe passage into ...