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

The best way to get a sneak peek at the movies.

Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.

This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.

The saddest little diner in New York.

Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.

This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.

A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.

The competition: breathe deeply as long as you can.

The greatest real estate coup of all time.

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

A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.

This 19th-century Hamptons windmill was once home to modernist painter Agnes Pelton.

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

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

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

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.