An 1883 schoolhouse now home to collective of artists.

A massive art collective tries a new take on Brooklyn's DIY music scene—by making it fully legal.

The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.

The one-time office of the architectural firm that ushered in the Gilded Age is now a Club Monaco.

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

The most confusing clock in New York.

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

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

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.

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

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

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

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

Three-story slide through the New Museum.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

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

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

Over 120,000 curious objects that have shaped our modern world.

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.