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

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

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

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

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

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.

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

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

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.

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

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

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

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

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.