A basement pool hall is the front for some of the best Dominican food in New York City.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

A large boulder marks the place where the island of Manhattan was purportedly "sold" to the Dutch.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

The highest point on the island known for buildings that touch the sky.

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

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

The legendary court where emerging basketball players gain their street cred.

A crumbling staircase in upper Manhattan is all that remains of one of the most important sites in sports history.

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

Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.

The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."

A memorial to the first person killed by a motor vehicle in the Western Hemisphere.

Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

Come for the waffles, stay for more waffles.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.

In the back of a nondescript sports bar is a museum-worthy mural by legendary cartoonists.

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.