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

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

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.

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

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

Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

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

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

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.