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

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

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

The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.

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

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

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

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

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

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

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

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

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.