The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

For almost a century, this East Village newsstand has served egg creams to beats, hippies, punks, and everything in between.

A Yiddish theater turned movie house turned rock and roll landmark turned gay disco turned bank.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

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

Jimi Hendrix's legendary recording studio in Greenwich Village.

The former sign of this immortal music venue is just that--undying.

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

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

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

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

Before online banking and smartphone apps, there was "commuter banking" in the subway in Downtown Brooklyn.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

A bronze plaque at an intersection in Hoboken marks the place where the game of baseball first took shape.

The mass grave of a heroic Revolutionary War regiment sits below an empty lot near the Gowanus Canal.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

When the Austin Dam failed it destroyed much of Austin...and then it failed again.

Filled with history, this cemetery is maintained each summer by a few hungry goats.

The flagship building of an early national restaurant chain is a superb example of terra cotta art.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

A tradition unlike any other, this marks the site of the annual Groundhog's Day tradition.