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

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

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.