Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

The greatest real estate coup of all time.

Need to book a room at the Hotel Pennsylvania? Just dial up 6-5000.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.

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

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

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

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

The last remnants of what was once one of the world's grandest hotels can now be found in a Manhattan subway station.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.

The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.

The famous facade of Grand Central Terminal hides a regulation tennis court, and it's not the first one.

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

Monument to a forgotten NYC disaster that claimed the lives of 1,000.

Some of the best Persian food in New York comes from the front window of an unassuming pizza shop.

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

A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.

The saddest little diner in New York.

Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.

Nope, not Washington Irving's house.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

The competition: breathe deeply as long as you can.