Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.

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

An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.

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.

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

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

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

The last remnants of what was once one of the world's grandest hotels can now be found in a Manhattan subway station.

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

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

A prohibition era watering hole for the police.

The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

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

Visit the site of a subway powered by nothing more than air--and lots of it.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

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

NYC's legendary underground network for bovine transportation.

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.