Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

Spiral-bound community recipes and antiquarian gems mingle at this small East Village shop.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

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

The greatest real estate coup of all time.

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

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

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

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

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

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Become a prohibition rebel.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.