Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

Slurp sesame noodles at the third-generation family-run establishment that invented them.

The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

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

Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.

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

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

This Bronx apartment building is officially recognized as the birthplace of hip-hop.

This block in downtown Brooklyn was a hotbed of antislavery activism along the Underground Railroad.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.

This interactive gallery makes you feel like you've stepped into a fantasy world filled with whimsical monsters.

The world's largest collection of materials relating to lesbian history is housed in a Brooklyn townhouse.

As its grandiose name implies, this wooden dome is unsurpassed in size.

A restaurant and lodge in northern Wisconsin which served as a clandestine hideout for John Dillinger and featured one of the most famous botched FBI raids in history.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

A larger-than-life version of the hat beloved by hunters, outdoorsmen, and Holden Caulfield.

After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.