Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.

Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.

Church in Manhattan holds the bloody sock of Padre Pio, among with many other unusual relics.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.

The mummified relics of an American missionary.

A notorious punk house turned co-op.

A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.

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

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

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

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

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

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

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

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

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

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

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

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