Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.

Obscure and obsolete publications are given new life as works of art.

The world’s largest collection of Tiffany glass sits in a warehouse in Queens.

This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.

More than 300,000 historical artifacts from the famous music venue, from Duke Ellington's handwritten score to The Beatles' booking slip.

The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.

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

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

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

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

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

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.

This supermarket offers shoppers a window into the past alongside their groceries.

A Texas-sized particle collider that was abandoned due to its Texas-sized budget.