Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

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

Haven for steampunks.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

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

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

The gilded vestiges of a sterling department store can still be found in a Brooklyn shopping center.

In the middle of downtown Brooklyn lies a 165 year old secret hidden right below the surface (closed to the public indefinitely).

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

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.