Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

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

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.

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

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

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

This recipe is set in stone.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.