New York
The Statue of Liberty, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Empire State Building, Times Square and Central Park, Lower Manhattan and the 9/11 Memorial.
13 places
9/11 Memorial
Two waterfalls where the Twin Towers stood, and the names of nearly three thousand victims
Brooklyn Bridge
The world’s longest suspension bridge in 1883, finished with the help of the chief engineer’s wife
Empire State Building
A skyscraper built in 410 days that was the world’s tallest for forty years
Statue of Liberty
France’s gift for America’s centennial, and the first thing millions of immigrants saw in the harbor
Times Square
A square named for a newspaper, where a ball has dropped on New Year’s Eve since 1907
Bethesda Terrace and Fountain
The heart of Central Park: the angel on the fountain was the first public artwork in the city commissioned from a woman
Castle Clinton
More than eight million immigrants entered America through these gates, before Ellis Island
Charging Bull and Bowling Green
New York’s oldest park, where a king was toppled in 1776, and a bull that was dropped off here in secret
Federal Hall
On this spot George Washington became the first President of the United States
Grand Central Terminal
A station with a starry sky on its ceiling, saved from demolition with help from Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
New York Public Library
A marble palace of books on the site of a city reservoir, and two lions named Patience and Fortitude
Rockefeller Center
A “city within a city” built during the Great Depression, with the country’s most famous Christmas tree
Trinity Church
A Gothic church that was New York’s tallest building for half a century, and Alexander Hamilton’s grave