A Ukrainian church canteen doles out hearty fare in an East Village basement.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

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

Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars.

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.

The former sign of this immortal music venue is just that--undying.

The legendary court where emerging basketball players gain their street cred.

A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.

You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.

The studio of influential composer Charles Ives is perfectly reconstructed, hidden in the back of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

This Manhattan museum houses one of the largest collections of Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

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

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.

More gold than anywhere else, ever.

One kilometer of thick brass rod laid out before your eyes.