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

The last remnants of what was once one of the world's grandest hotels can now be found in a Manhattan subway station.

Check your calendars; you might be attending a drive-in movie or sitting next to a fashion runway.

A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

Haven for steampunks.

Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

Three-story slide through the New Museum.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.

For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.

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