During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.

This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.

A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.

What happens here stays here – unless it affects the whole world.

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

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

The most confusing clock in New York.

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.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

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

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

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

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

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

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

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

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.