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

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

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

This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.

A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."

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

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

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

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

New York's unstoppable progress turned this cemetery into the smallest burial ground in the city.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

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

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.

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

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.

A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.