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

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

Ever wanted the laymen's version of your credit card fine print?

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

Set sail on a small scale.

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.

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.

The oldest Methodist church in the United States has been spreading the good news for over two centuries.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

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

Play heads or tails with thousands of different coins.

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

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Harlem park dedicated to compulsive hoarders killed by their own junk.

The tiniest little stage in New York.

A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.

A prohibition era watering hole for the police.

This was one of the first (and last) university-built and operated nuclear reactors.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

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

The greatest real estate coup of all time.

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

Become a prohibition rebel.