The highest point on the island known for buildings that touch the sky.

A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

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

The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.

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

A notorious punk house turned co-op.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

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

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

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

Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.

The most confusing clock in New York.

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

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

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.