Where layer cakes tower above one’s head and there is never a shortage of icing.

These small stands sell Malian snacks to worshippers and passersby after Friday prayers in Harlem.

Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.

This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.

This Manhattan museum houses one of the largest collections of Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain.

Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.

Walking around West Harlem reveals a scavenger hunt of beautiful bird murals.

The tiniest little stage in New York.

This lavish room at NYC's French Embassy is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.

A prohibition era watering hole for the police.

What happens here stays here – unless it affects the whole world.

The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.

A notorious punk house turned co-op.

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

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

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

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.