A reversed traffic signal that was once violently misinterpreted as a statement on British-Irish relations.

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.

In DeWitt, New York, a blanket-wrapped gas station makes a creative statement on global dependence on oil.

Abandoned rock quarry now a haven for mountain bikers and hikers.

The remains of what was once the world's steepest passenger funicular.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

Spiral-bound community recipes and antiquarian gems mingle at this small East Village shop.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

A Yiddish theater turned movie house turned rock and roll landmark turned gay disco turned bank.

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?

The origins of midtown Manhattan's anachronistic wooden farmhouse remain a mystery.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

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

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.