Monument to a forgotten NYC disaster that claimed the lives of 1,000.

A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

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

This former crime corner has been turned into an eclectic community center.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

Become a prohibition rebel.

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.

The competition: breathe deeply as long as you can.

The greatest real estate coup of all time.

A prohibition era watering hole for the police.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

This humble historic facade hides a history of boozing and the gentlemanly sport of rat-fighting.

Revolutionary War casualties fill the only 17th century structure remaining in Manhattan.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

There’s a secret bunker inside the Brooklyn Bridge, but the city won’t say where.

An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

A historic 1890s architectural masterpiece with an iconic clock tower that, once open to the public, now faces an uncertain future.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.