A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

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

Unlock the secrets of the conjuring arts.

On the top floor of an upscale department store stands a lavish restaurant housed in a replica of a luxury French dining car.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

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

A huge resale shop for the cast-offs of the film & television industry.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

Come for the sustainable organic chocolate, stay for the sustainable organic booze.

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.

A museum devoted to bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories through exhibitions, education and public programming.

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

Discover the taste of mold.

Located in a beautifully restored ice house, this museum is the result of decades of hard work and devotion to the craft of plumbing.

A steampunk wonderland that preserves America's history of industrial innovation.