Secrets of NYC
Discover the hidden side of famous buildings and places, or delve into off-limits spots, and gain a deeper perspective of the city's rich urban fabric. (That's the Untapped New York team with friends inside the M42 basement... deep below Grand Central 🤫)
10 NYC Holdout Buildings that Stood in the Way of Development
Discover the holdouts that refused to be demolished, from Rockefeller Center to Herald Square Macy's!
Spot a Piece of Colonial New York’s Battery Wall at the South Ferry Station
You can even see fossils embedded in the stone!
Top 10 Hidden Beaches of NYC
From Great Kills, Staten Island to Soundview Park in the Bronx, discover secret beaches in NYC for a day in the sun!
New Podcast Explores How Staten Island Tried to Secede from NYC
What would happen if New York lost a borough?
Find Remnants of King George III’s Statue, Toppled in Bowling Green in 1776
Discover where you can find fragments of the King George III statue toppled by Patriots in Bowling Green after the Declaration of Independence was signed!
The Fake Gilded Age Mansion on Madison Ave
This 21st-century building was designed to compliment the its historic neighbors on Manhattan's Upper East Side!
A Revolutionary War Sugar House Prison Window in Downtown Manhattan
An overlooked monument to the victims of British imprisonment stands near one of NYC's most iconic landmarks.
5 Secrets of the General Theological Seminary, Now Vanderbilt University's NYC Campus
Peek inside the historic 19th-century structures on a behind-the-scenes tour!
Inside the Epic Safe Deposit Vault in NYC’s Woolworth Building
Find out what's behind the bars of this basement-level vault in one of Manhattan's landmark skyscrapers!
The Lost Biltmore Hotel's Iconic Clock is Hiding in a Grand Central Cafe
A famous NYC meeting-spot clock survived demolition and is now hiding inside a Midtown coffee shop!
Why Pinball Was Illegal in NYC For 34 Years
Pinball was banned in New York City from 1942 to 1976 after a crusade by Mayor LaGuardia saw thousands of machines confiscated and destroyed.
Nikola Tesla's Lost Laboratory in Manhattan
At a nondescript building on Liberty Street, Tesla invented a ground breaking machine. But does anyone remember?