This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

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

Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

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.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.

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

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

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

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

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Beach instrument turned bed and breakfast.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.