Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

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

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

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

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

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

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

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

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.

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

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

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

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

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

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

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

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.