This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

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

A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.

The most confusing clock in New York.

Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.

Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.

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

An unconventional space for art and science housed in a massive old warehouse.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

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

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

This neighborhood grocery houses a treasure trove of Eastern European delights.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

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

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

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

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

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

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

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