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

A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.

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

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

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

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

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

This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.

The most confusing clock in New York.

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

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

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

A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.

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

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

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

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.

An annual extravaganza of Broadway theater memorabilia.