Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

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

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

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

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

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

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

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

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

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

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.