Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

Love is in the air along the small street in Brooklyn.

The best way to get a sneak peek at the movies.

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

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

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

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

A veritable variety of odds and ends.

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

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

The best place in New York to pick up the controversial, notoriously foul-smelling Asian "king of fruits."

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

Hear the tales of New York's most notorious criminals.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

This curved Manhattan building was built to house the opulence of John D. Rockefeller's oil empire.

This vacant church in the Financial District was once the heart of New York's first Syrian immigrant community.

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

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

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

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