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.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

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

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

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

The "Seinfeld" diner.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

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

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

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

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

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

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

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

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

The oldest Dutch colonial stone house in New York City is a hidden gem on the border of Brooklyn and Queens.