The façade of this building looks like a bingo board, but it's really a giant clock by a famed graphic designer.

A mysterious statue of a leather jacket-clad rebel leans coolly on an odd yellow clock.

This castle-like building in Manhattan helped destigmatize cancer in the 19th century.

This translucent sculpture represents a quintessential component of New York City's skyline.

Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.

This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

Piano-making empire filled with 200-year-old steam machines still churning out 1,000 instruments a year.

A Manhattan office building is home to the world's largest chess board.

Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

The most confusing clock in New York.

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

Discover the taste of mold.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

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

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

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