“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

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

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

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

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

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.

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

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars.

Become a prohibition rebel.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.