A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

A preserved factory in the "Home of the Carrousel" is now a museum dedicated to the classic wooden ride.

Micro-distillery in Brooklyn produces New York’s first homemade rum since Prohibition.

The first "Hall of Fame" in America was designed by legendary Gilded Age architect Stanford White for what was then the NYU uptown campus.

Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.

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

More than 300,000 historical artifacts from the famous music venue, from Duke Ellington's handwritten score to The Beatles' booking slip.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.

You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.

Head past the aisles of tropical fruit and imported candy at this bodega to discover a hidden, weekends-only taco stand.

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

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

Check out the underground party scene at the "Burning Man of Brooklyn."

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

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

More gold than anywhere else, ever.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

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

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

A mysterious air force base built to resemble a Long Island fishing village.