Those belting out show tunes in this West Village piano bar might not realize it marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

Jimi Hendrix's legendary recording studio in Greenwich Village.

One of the last full-orchestra recording studios in New York City and an acoustical marvel.

The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head after a deadly duel can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.

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

The best B-movies filmed on a shoestring budget were born here.

The world’s largest collection of Tiffany glass sits in a warehouse in Queens.

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

This celebration of Latvia’s freedom and independence avoided demolition over half a century of Soviet occupation.

Fabrication workshop where the encasement for One World Trade Center's beacon was constructed.

The engineering feat of the Panama Canal was possible in small part thanks to materials developed in this humble Red Hook foundry.

Come for the sustainable organic chocolate, stay for the sustainable organic booze.

The narrowest street in Paris.

Also known as the Blue Church, the building was consecrated to the daughter of Andrew II.

This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.

A large boulder marks the place where the island of Manhattan was purportedly "sold" to the Dutch.

Surrounded by low rise buildings and partially converted into an auto body shop, this marble archway is the only vestige of a forgotten Manhattan estate.

Manhattan and the Bronx have been playing tug-of-war over this former island neighborhood for more than a century.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

This Bronx apartment building is officially recognized as the birthplace of hip-hop.

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

Play heads or tails with thousands of different coins.

A New York warehouse filled with an enormous amount of goods saved from the landfills and donated for creative use.

A no-frills cinephile haven known for showing offbeat, underseen films.