The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.