Sunset Park's Guatemalan community knows to head to the back of this bodega for a taste of home.

A young woman's senseless murder led to the controversial psychological theory of the "bystander effect."

Head past the aisles of tropical fruit and imported candy at this bodega to discover a hidden, weekends-only taco stand.

An everyday Jackson Heights bodega conceals a Mexican seafood paradise.

Shop while you wait for a table in this tiny Indonesian eatery within a mini-mart.

Deliciousness abounds at a Guatemalan restaurant masquerading as a pizzeria.

Where the four original members of the Ramones hung out and revolutionized punk rock.

Rare moles meet activism at this Oaxacan eatery.

The best B-movies filmed on a shoestring budget were born here.

Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.

Some of New York's best tacos can be found in the back of an unassuming bodega in Queens.

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

Crammed into several rooms of a Staten Island home, this museum is a vodka-soaked paean to the pleasures of drinking.

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

Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.

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

These World War I shooting range tunnels are now haunted halls of underground graffiti accessed through the roots of a tree.

In the middle of downtown Brooklyn lies a 165 year old secret hidden right below the surface (closed to the public indefinitely).

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

A deteriorating 1990s Girl Scout camp in a beautiful lush park on Lake Ontario.

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

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.