A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

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

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

More gold than anywhere else, ever.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

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

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

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

Outside the Department of Transportation, a collection of artifacts honors the history of how we get around.

While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

Hidden in the woods behind this English estate lies a Victorian pet cemetery.

There were once more than five stones in this ancient monument.

Paul McCartney, Joy Division, and many others created era-defining music at this former recording studio.