Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

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

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

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

Church in Manhattan holds the bloody sock of Padre Pio, among with many other unusual relics.

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

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

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.

Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.

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

On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.

The most confusing clock in New York.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

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

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.