Shops in Manhattan

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

This tiny store is your one-stop shop for all sorts of rare and wonderful buttons.

Spiral-bound community recipes and antiquarian gems mingle at this small East Village shop.

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

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

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

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

This narrow shop in the East Village hosts a matchmaking service for the new millennium.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

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

The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.

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

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.

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

This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.