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This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

Some of New York's best tacos can be found in the back of an unassuming bodega in Queens.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

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

Records of the dead describe the myriad odd ways people used to die.

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

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

The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."

This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

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