A sign commemorating the inventor of Scrabble mysteriously appears, then disappears, in Jackson Heights, Queens.
The original home of the US Open Tennis Championships was in the old Newport Casino!
Find out where you can see the last surviving letter written by this legendary Revolutionary figure!
New York’s most famous Beaux-Arts buildings may be grand civic spaces like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Grand
In 1924, the Jazz Age was in full swing, Prohibition had driven alcohol consumption underground into speakeasies, and the Woolworth
Standing on a bluff 200 feet above the Harlem River, the recently restored Highbridge Water Tower is once again welcoming
One of our favorite, long-standing quests at Untapped New York has been our attempt to visit all of the
During the Gilded Age, there were just a handful of architects who wealthy families like the Vanderbilts and tycoons like
The 200-foot tall Highbridge Water Tower in Washington Heights stands on a bluff above the High Bridge and Harlem
The following article about New York during the horse era is being published posthumously. It was written circa 1952 by
At 3940 Broadway and West 165th Street once stood the historic Audubon Theater and Ballroom. Constructed in 1912 by Fox
In light of Black History Month, the New York Historical Society & Library has just debuted a new exhibit called
Wondering about the filming locations for The Gilded Age, the new HBO Original Drama series that premieres today? We’ve
New York is a city defined by its neighborhoods, and in Manhattan, there is one district that stands out for
The days of the flagship New York City department store of B. Altman are numbered. At one time, the glamorous
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