The most confusing clock in New York.

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

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

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

A notorious punk house turned co-op.

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

Play heads or tails with thousands of different coins.

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

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

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

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

There’s a secret bunker inside the Brooklyn Bridge, but the city won’t say where.

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

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

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