Home to some of the last true noodle artisans in New York.

Even for Egyptian royalty, the afterlife was bring-your-own-beef.

The competition: breathe deeply as long as you can.

One kilometer of thick brass rod laid out before your eyes.

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

The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.

The French deconstructionist had a weakness for baked goods.

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

A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.

Spiral-bound community recipes and antiquarian gems mingle at this small East Village shop.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

The former sign of this immortal music venue is just that--undying.

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

This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.

The best way to get a sneak peek at the movies.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

These historic buildings once housed the headquarters of one of the most infamous gangs of New York.

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

The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."

An aptly-named street near the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement.

The East Village tenement from the cover of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 album has a tea shop on the ground floor.

Jimi Hendrix's legendary recording studio in Greenwich Village.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.