Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.

Amid the marketing blitz of modern Times Square is an elegant holdover from its showbiz glory days.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

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

A hidey-hole sandwiched between cellphone, DVD, and jewelry stores features Tibetan delights.

Amid the clacking of snooker balls, diners tuck into fiery Bhutanese fare.

This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

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

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

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

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

The last remnants of what was once one of the world's grandest hotels can now be found in a Manhattan subway station.

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.

The competition: breathe deeply as long as you can.

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

Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

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.