Need to book a room at the Hotel Pennsylvania? Just dial up 6-5000.

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

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

The last remnants of what was once one of the world's grandest hotels can now be found in a Manhattan subway station.

Down a stairway in the East Village, you could once read a plaque describing an alternate history of a fictional version of Manhattan.

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

Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.

Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.

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

NYC's legendary underground network for bovine transportation.

Hear the tales of New York's most notorious criminals.

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

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

A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.

A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.