This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.

These ornate manhole covers were used for a now-forgotten purpose.

After surviving abandonment, this powerful Latin American mural is alive again.

Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.

A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.

2,000 barrels of aging beer hidden in a warehouse at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

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

The façade of this building looks like a bingo board, but it's really a giant clock by a famed graphic designer.

New York's unstoppable progress turned this cemetery into the smallest burial ground in the city.

An aptly-named street near the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement.

This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.

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

Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

A cargo of beautiful music.

A modern-day cabinet of curiosities housed in a 300-year-old inn.

This colorful West Virginia cowboy greets passersby with a glassy stare.

An open-air "garden" of mural art that changes weekly.

The former atelier of Mario Cassisa is a treasure trove of paintings, sculptures, and artist books.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).