This adorable birdlike police box is designed based on a play on words.

A few hidden stones are said to bring fortune and love.

This battleship of a building was designed by a famed "mad architect."

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

This Japanese Manneken Pis gets new outfits for every occasion.

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

Though the case is scorched and the buttons half-melted, this hardy handheld gaming device can still run a game of Tetris.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

More than 300,000 historical artifacts from the famous music venue, from Duke Ellington's handwritten score to The Beatles' booking slip.

Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

One kilometer of thick brass rod laid out before your eyes.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

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

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

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

This humble historic facade hides a history of boozing and the gentlemanly sport of rat-fighting.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.