This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.

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

The most confusing clock in New York.

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

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

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.

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

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

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

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.

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

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

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

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

The "Seinfeld" diner.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.