Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

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

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

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

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

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

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

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

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

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

The "Seinfeld" diner.