Cooks at this tiny takeout spot grind their rice flour in a stone mill each morning for perfect cheung fun.

The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.

Slurp sesame noodles at the third-generation family-run establishment that invented them.

All of the Malaysian sweets at this shop are made daily with a whole lot of love.

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

The former home of the reclusive "Weird Wendels" who dominated New York real estate a century before Donald Trump.

Where the legendary Orson Welles got his theatrical start before "Citizen Kane."

Stunningly detailed mosaics in a New York subway station bring life to the Weimaraners of artist William Wegman's work—and to thousands of commutes.

Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.

Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.

The only subway station in the city that still makes use of gap fillers.

This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.

A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.

The only remaining building in New York to see the inauguration of a president is being slowly overtaken by a grocery store.

The origins of midtown Manhattan's anachronistic wooden farmhouse remain a mystery.

The place where Dvořák composed some of his most famous works.

A small part of lower Manhattan is actually made from a bit of England.

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

The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.

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

The famous facade of Grand Central Terminal hides a regulation tennis court, and it's not the first one.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

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