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

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

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

The only subway station in the city that still makes use of gap fillers.

A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.

This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.

Amid skyscrapers and traffic exists this unique aquatic ecosystem.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

An accidentally hidden library containing the ephemeral history of New York.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

An annual extravaganza of Broadway theater memorabilia.

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.