Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.

Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.

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

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

Set sail on a small scale.

The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.

There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.

More than 300,000 historical artifacts from the famous music venue, from Duke Ellington's handwritten score to The Beatles' booking slip.

Need to book a room at the Hotel Pennsylvania? Just dial up 6-5000.

Amid the marketing blitz of modern Times Square is an elegant holdover from its showbiz glory days.

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

A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.

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

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

The highest point on the island known for buildings that touch the sky.

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

The tiniest little stage in New York.

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...

This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.

Once considered the height of medical modernity, this structure is now the oldest remaining component of Roosevelt Hospital.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

Down a stairway in the East Village, you could once read a plaque describing an alternate history of a fictional version of Manhattan.