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

Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

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

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

The most confusing clock in New York.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

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

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

For almost a century, this East Village newsstand has served egg creams to beats, hippies, punks, and everything in between.

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

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

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