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

This 220-year-old house is a reminder of New York City's Dutch past.

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

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

These historic buildings once housed the headquarters of one of the most infamous gangs of New York.

The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

The gilded vestiges of a sterling department store can still be found in a Brooklyn shopping center.

As telephones become more essential and less stylish one historic Brooklyn building remembers the days when they were a grand celebration of communication.

This block in downtown Brooklyn was a hotbed of antislavery activism along the Underground Railroad.

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

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

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

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

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

A memorial to the first person killed by a motor vehicle in the Western Hemisphere.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.