Now the site of a high school, this was almost the location of the largest cathedral in the US.

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

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

The most confusing clock in New York.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

This impressive mansion in Vinegar Hill has some mysterious details in its architecture.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

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

The greatest real estate coup of all time.

A cargo of beautiful music.

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

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

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

Mansion and shopping center used in the 1975 film "The Stepford Wives."

The headquarters of the famous Yale society.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

Memorials and tributes scattered across the university grounds remember a famous national tragedy of the Nixon era.