The middle finger of modernity.

The site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s arrest as he attempted to have lunch.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

Those belting out show tunes might not realize this piano bar marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

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

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

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

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.

A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."

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.

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.

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

A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.

A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.

A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.

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

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

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

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.