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

An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.

Revolutionary War casualties fill the only 17th century structure remaining in Manhattan.

This humble historic facade hides a history of boozing and the gentlemanly sport of rat-fighting.

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.

For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."

This nearly invisible wire transforms much of the city into one big, symbolic home on the holy day.

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.

Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.

America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

Gang fights don't just happen on the streets, they happen under them too.

Relics given to a Manhattan church to avoid seizure by the Italian government.

Spiral-bound community recipes and antiquarian gems mingle at this small East Village shop.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

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

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

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

The competition: breathe deeply as long as you can.

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?