Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

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.

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

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

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

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

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

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

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

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

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

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

This vintage car parts store is also a museum devoted to a squat little gem of automotive history.

A miniature train theme park, free to the public, laying at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

A classically trained chef makes beloved burritos inside a gas station.