A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.

A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.

A 19th-century politician who died after walking home in a blizzard is honored with this Manhattan statue.

The one-time office of the architectural firm that ushered in the Gilded Age is now a Club Monaco.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.

Manhattan and the Bronx have been playing tug-of-war over this former island neighborhood for more than a century.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

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.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Manhattan's deadly West Side railroad, which killed hundreds of New Yorkers, is remembered by this simple plaque.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.

The home of one of America's most beloved fictional characters has become a real world landmark.

This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

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

Need to book a room at the Hotel Pennsylvania? Just dial up 6-5000.

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

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.