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

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

One of the only single-person private gravesites in New York City.

This Manhattan museum houses one of the largest collections of Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.

The mosaic Star of David at the front of this store hints that it's no ordinary Italian grocer.

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

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

A 19th-century politician who died after walking home in a blizzard is honored with this Manhattan statue.

Those belting out show tunes might not realize this piano bar marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

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

The only subway station in the city that still makes use of gap fillers.

Sip a cappuccino in the historic cafe that introduced them to the United States.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

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

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.