A sign commemorating the inventor of Scrabble mysteriously appears, then disappears, in Jackson Heights, Queens.
Did you know Fraunces Tavern is home to one of George Washington's teeth and a lock of his hair? Its second floor is a museum full of Revolutionary War relics.
At first glance, Chelsea Convenience looks like your typical neighborhood hardware store but for sale are hundreds of Russian dolls, including of Donald Trump.
One of the murals in Grand Central Terminal was designed by the same person who created the first balloons for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day!
Looking for an alternative to the bar? Have some fun and let off some steam at NYC's The Wrecking Club "where people come to smash stuff to pieces".
Albert Einstein's connections to New York City are a bit more morbid than you might expect: his eyes are stored in a safety deposit box in the city.
We made our way inside the tiny doors on the back facade of the New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman building at Bryant Park.
We've only seen this in one place in NYC in all our explorations – in-ground garbage cans to hide household waste found on the Astoria/East Elmhurst waterfront.
For budding kid architects, there's a miniature playground version of the George Washington Bridge at J. Hood Wright Park in Washington Heights NYC.
Did you know that the Pan Am Building once had a helicopter deck on its roof? In 1965, trial runs began using a Chinook helicopter operated by New York Airways