A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.

A stretch of land where the sour-sweet vegetable is cloaked in darkness and grows so fast you can hear it crack, squeak, and pop.

The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

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

The most confusing clock in New York.

There’s a secret bunker inside the Brooklyn Bridge, but the city won’t say where.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

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

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

Walk over a 150 year old manhole.

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

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

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

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

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

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

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

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.