One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

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.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

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

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

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

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.