This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

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

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

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

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

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

The oldest Methodist church in the United States has been spreading the good news for over two centuries.

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

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