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

Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.

A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.

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

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

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

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

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

Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.