This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

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

A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.

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

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.

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

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

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

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

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

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.