FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

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

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

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

A Ukrainian church canteen doles out hearty fare in an East Village basement.

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

Become a prohibition rebel.

An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

What was meant as an innocent piece of art has earned a reputation as the "mansplaining sculpture."

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

These boots are made for selfies.