The greatest real estate coup of all time.

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

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

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

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

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

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

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

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

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

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

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

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

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

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

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

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

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

More gold than anywhere else, ever.