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

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

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

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

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

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

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.

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

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

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

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

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

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

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

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

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.