A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.

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

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

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

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

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.

A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.