Collect holy water from a Bronx grotto.

This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.

More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.

Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

A retired subway car stands alone in a field in the middle of Queens.

The world’s largest collection of Tiffany glass sits in a warehouse in Queens.

The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.

This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.

The front yard of an Upper East Side town house hides the last fragment of one of New York's most famous theatres.

Need to book a room at the Hotel Pennsylvania? Just dial up 6-5000.

This small New York museum celebrates the mountainous artwork of a Russian mystic.

Offbeat arts organization that hosts exhibitions, events, and explorations.

The Vatican of the movie industry turned into an actual church.

A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.

Play heads or tails with thousands of different coins.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

The best B-movies filmed on a shoestring budget were born here.

Rat sculptures try to infiltrate the Graybar Building in an architectural tribute to New York City's nautical history.

An abandoned subway tunnel that could have reinvigorated Staten Island still lies somewhere beneath this Brooklyn park.

Long-forgotten artifacts give incredible insight into New York's most glamorous hotel.

Every animal in the torah taxidermied and crammed into a Brooklyn townhouse.

Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.