This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.

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

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

This striking arch, one of the first architectural elements constructed in Prospect Park, was recently restored to its original glory.

A replica of a 7th-century church hides in plain sight in the middle of the concrete jungle.

This castle-like building in Manhattan helped destigmatize cancer in the 19th century.

The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.

A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.

A retired subway car stands alone in a field in the middle of Queens.

Some of New York's best tacos can be found in the back of an unassuming bodega in Queens.

Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.

Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.

This was one of the first (and last) university-built and operated nuclear reactors.

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

A massive forgotten storehouse from 1913 on the Brooklyn Waterfront has a spectacular view of Brooklyn.

A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.