Spend the afternoon of Halloween with a cemetery caretaker at one of the oldest cemeteries in New Jersey! The historic Jersey ...
Uncover the stories of NYC's independently food manufacturers who make everything from chocolate bars to turmeric elixirs!
Discover the fates of the “Four Sisters,” FDNY fireboats named the Wilks, Archer, Wagner and Smith—one of which became a ...
Explore the home of an honor society whose members include leading architects, artists, writers, and musical composers!
But did you know that beneath IKEA's parking lot, and still outlined in cobblestones that trace its former edges, lies the first graving dock in the United States? A graving dock is a type of dry dock ...
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.
Step back into 1908 and explore the grandeur of the Louis A. and Laura Roebling-Stirn Mansion, an Italianate jewel and rare survivor of New York’s early 20th-century country house era! Once a private ...
In 1965, trial runs on a rooftop helipad atop the Pan Am Building (now MetLife) began using a Chinook helicopter. The helipad would prove a short-lived project, but it represented an aspirational ...
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 ...
In researching about the many wonderful architectural remnants on display at Saving Place: 50 Years of NYC Landmarks, we came across the Edward Laing Stores, also known as the Bogardus Building. A ...
The Grand Central Art Galleries and School of Art in 1923. Image in public domain from the 1923 opening exhibition catalog, from the New York Art Resources Consortium and contributed by the Frick Art ...