A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

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

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

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

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

More gold than anywhere else, ever.

The façade of this building looks like a bingo board, but it's really a giant clock by a famed graphic designer.

Ever wanted the laymen's version of your credit card fine print?

Hear the tales of New York's most notorious criminals.

A well-worn marker in a forgotten alleyway is all that remains of what had been one of Manhattan's most beautiful buildings.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

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

An institution dedicated to the towering buildings that make up skylines in New York City and around the world.

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

An unconventional and naturalistic sculpture depicting the artist marking his territory on an exterior faculty wall.

Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.

Crammed into several rooms of a Staten Island home, this museum is a vodka-soaked paean to the pleasures of drinking.