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

The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.

This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.

This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.

This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

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

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

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

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.

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

This neighborhood grocery houses a treasure trove of Eastern European delights.

An annual extravaganza of Broadway theater memorabilia.

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

This interactive gallery makes you feel like you've stepped into a fantasy world filled with whimsical monsters.

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

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

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.