This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

The most confusing clock in New York.

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.

A Manhattan office building is home to the world's largest chess board.

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.