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

The building is topped by a Statue of Liberty statue whose torch has stayed burning since the museum opened.

This former office building has been transformed into an immersive music venue and art space.

This elaborate estate contains a stunning marble aviary, a sunken conservatory, and a magnificent music room with a two-story pipe organ.

This unusual subway stop was originally a real estate office.

The flagship building of an early national restaurant chain is a superb example of terra cotta art.

Love is in the air along the small street in Brooklyn.

This Manhattan museum houses one of the largest collections of Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.

This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.

Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.

A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

An extensive collection of fine art devoted to man's best friend.

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

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

Join in a Seance at the Swedenborgian Church.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.

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

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

This neighborhood grocery houses a treasure trove of Eastern European delights.