Semi-mystical manmade towers of rocks decorate this rocky seaside.

As telephones become more essential and less stylish one historic Brooklyn building remembers the days when they were a grand celebration of communication.

A strip of modern stores in historic buildings.

This Queens beer hall preserves a German culture and language that is all but lost.

The tiniest little stage in New York.

Where the four original members of the Ramones hung out and revolutionized punk rock.

A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.

A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."

From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.

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

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.

For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."

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

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

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

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

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

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

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

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.