Where the four original members of the Ramones hung out and revolutionized punk rock.

Site of the first pathological and bacteriological research facility in the United States.

The best B-movies filmed on a shoestring budget were born here.

Rat sculptures try to infiltrate the Graybar Building in an architectural tribute to New York City's nautical history.

A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.

A strangely angled West Village home is the only monument to an explosion that took the lives of three American revolutionaries.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.

Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

Discover the taste of mold.

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

A notorious punk house turned co-op.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

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

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

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

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

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

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

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

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.