Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

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

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.

A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.

This 19th-century clock has been restored to help withstand the harsh environment of its seaside home.

This Queens hospital has stood abandoned for almost 20 years after its patients were secretly relocated in the dead of night.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

A mysterious statue of a leather jacket-clad rebel leans coolly on an odd yellow clock.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.