New York, New York
Russian and Turkish Baths Cafe
Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.
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New York, New York
Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.
New York, New York
An annual extravaganza of Broadway theater memorabilia.
New York, New York
Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.
New York, New York
A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.
New York, New York
An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
New York, New York
More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.
New York, New York
Deep under Manhattan is the largest construction project in city history. So far, the project has taken the lives of 23 workers, or "a man a mile."
New York, New York
Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.
New York, New York
A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.
New York, New York
Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.
New York, New York
A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.
New York, New York
Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.
New York, New York
The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.
New York, New York
The best way to get a sneak peek at the movies.
Brooklyn, New York
Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.
Brooklyn, New York
The world's largest collection of materials relating to lesbian history is housed in a Brooklyn townhouse.
New York, New York
Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.
New York, New York
Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.
New York, New York
Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.
New York, New York
The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.
New York, New York
This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.
New York, New York
Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.
New York, New York
A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.
New York, New York
Unlock the secrets of the conjuring arts.