Salute the leader of the proletariat.

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

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

Discover the taste of mold.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

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

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

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

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

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

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

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

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

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

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

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

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

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

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