Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

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

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

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

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

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

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

The most confusing clock in New York.

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

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.

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

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

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

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

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

A Manhattan office building is home to the world's largest chess board.

A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

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