Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

Amid the marketing blitz of modern Times Square is an elegant holdover from its showbiz glory days.

An unconventional space for art and science housed in a massive old warehouse.

Manhattan's deadly West Side railroad, which killed hundreds of New Yorkers, is remembered by this simple plaque.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

The gilded vestiges of a sterling department store can still be found in a Brooklyn shopping center.

Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.

The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

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

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."