This castle-like building in Manhattan helped destigmatize cancer in the 19th century.

The best place in New York to pick up the controversial, notoriously foul-smelling Asian "king of fruits."

This 220-year-old house is a reminder of New York City's Dutch past.

Set sail on a small scale.

Amid the marketing blitz of modern Times Square is an elegant holdover from its showbiz glory days.

Recovered suit of a cannibalistic West African gang.

This study room in the New York Public Library saw the creation of one of contemporary America's greatest traitors.

This narrow shop in the East Village hosts a matchmaking service for the new millennium.

The front yard of an Upper East Side town house hides the last fragment of one of New York's most famous theatres.

A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.

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

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.

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

One of the last full-orchestra recording studios in New York City and an acoustical marvel.

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

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

Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.

The tiniest little stage in New York.

A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.

What happens here stays here – unless it affects the whole world.

Play heads or tails with thousands of different coins.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

Ever wanted the laymen's version of your credit card fine print?