New York's oldest magic store.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

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

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

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

A commemorative plaque hides a door that leads down to the New York Public Library's underground book bunker.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

This eclectic sculpture garden in Brooklyn, home to a bizarre collection of art, was once a run-down junkyard.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

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.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

Amid skyscrapers and traffic exists this unique aquatic ecosystem.

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

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

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

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

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

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

One-time largest man-made structure in the world will be a park in 30 years.