This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.

Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.

The greatest real estate coup of all time.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

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

A strangely angled West Village home is the only monument to an explosion that took the lives of three American revolutionaries.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

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

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

The last remnants of what was once one of the world's grandest hotels can now be found in a Manhattan subway station.

The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.

Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.

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

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

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

The most confusing clock in New York.

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

A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.

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

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

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

An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.

A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.