A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

A historic 1890s architectural masterpiece with an iconic clock tower that, once open to the public, now faces an uncertain future.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

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

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

New York's oldest magic store.

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

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

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

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

A playing field for a popular French past time can be found tucked away in a quiet corner of Golden Gate Park.

The legendary statue-hating superintendent of Golden Gate Park is honored with... a statue.

Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.