The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.

The East Village tenement from the cover of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 album has a tea shop on the ground floor.

Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.

The façade of this building looks like a bingo board, but it's really a giant clock by a famed graphic designer.

A prized globe signed by Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh sits in the Brooklyn office of the American Geographical Society.

Jimi Hendrix's legendary recording studio in Greenwich Village.

Hidden behind a gate in Greenwich Village is a little farmhouse that once served as the writing studio of a bestselling author.

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

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

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

Crammed into several rooms of a Staten Island home, this museum is a vodka-soaked paean to the pleasures of drinking.

Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.

The most confusing clock in New York.

Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.

In the back of a nondescript sports bar is a museum-worthy mural by legendary cartoonists.

An extensive collection of fine art devoted to man's best friend.

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.