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

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.

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.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

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

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were stars of the vaudeville circuit.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

Located in the middle of public park, this cave built in the early19th century houses an ancient stone sarcophagus.

Residing along a busy thoroughfare, this sculpture urges passersby to consider the future.

Twelve sweet, nutty, life-sized statues are housed in this second-story shrine to almond paste.

Concerts, art, offices, and a café in what used to be Berlin's first crematorium.

A graveyard and memorial chapel for victims of leprosy.