A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.

For almost a century, this East Village newsstand has served egg creams to beats, hippies, punks, and everything in between.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

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

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

A cargo of beautiful music.

A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

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

Harlem park dedicated to compulsive hoarders killed by their own junk.

Check out the underground party scene at the "Burning Man of Brooklyn."

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

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

The most confusing clock in New York.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

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

A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.