New York, New York. So nice, they named it twice…But before it was New York, it was New Amsterdam. And before it was The Big Apple, it was The Big Onion…

New York City is like an outdoor museum. Every street lamp, park bench, and missing brick has a story or fun fact. For example, did you know that Grand Central is radioactive?

New York was created in what is today’s Financial District over 400 years ago. What began as a small settlement with 30 families quickly became the biggest city in America. Today, a baby is born here every 4.4 minutes. In fact, 1 out of 38 Americans is a New Yorker. Even the Empire State Building has its own zip code! (It’s 10118)

The Lenape and the Land Before Colonization: Meet the Indigenous People of Mana-hatta who have inhabited the land for 10,000 years, and learn how drastically their lives.

Henry Hudson and the West India Company: Henry Hudson’s discovery of Manhattan and the creation of what would become the world’s largest trading port and the importance of beaver fur.

Dutch Colonization and Life in New Amsterdam: Hear how people lived in the growing village of New Amsterdam and how surprisingly diverse the city was. It was also pretty filthy.

British Takeover and the Revolutionary War: See how the English takeover of Manhattan shaped American history and the violent riots that followed.

Hamilton’s Final Days: See where Hamilton and Burr attended a meeting together one week before he was shot and visit where he was buried.

NYC’s Oldest New Amsterdam Remains (1653), Restaurant/Take-Out (1762), Iron Fence (1733) and Cobblestone Street (1658) 

NYC’s First Church (1697), Subway Station (1905), and Fine Dining Restaurant (1837)

Plus Alexander Hamilton’s grave, where Eggs Benedict was invented, Wall Street, Federal Hall, New York Stock Exchange, where a ‘Slave Market’ once stood in 1711, and the spot of George Washington’s Presidential Inauguration

Tickets: $20

Time: 1 hour 30 mins

Distance: 1 mile

Starts: Bowling Green

Ends: Trinity Church