A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.

This narrow shop in the East Village hosts a matchmaking service for the new millennium.

The greatest real estate coup of all time.

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

The most confusing clock in New York.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

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

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

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

A historic 1890s architectural masterpiece with an iconic clock tower that, once open to the public, now faces an uncertain future.

Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.

An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.