Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

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 Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

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

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.

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

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

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

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

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

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

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

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

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

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

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

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