You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

This collection of grinning ephemera has grown from basement to Brooklyn.

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

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

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

The longest step street in the city.

Built in the 1920s, this co-op in the Bronx feels more like an Italian villa than a typical New York apartment building.

An activist who committed her life to peace and women's suffrage.

This Bronx apartment building is officially recognized as the birthplace of hip-hop.

A basement pool hall is the front for some of the best Dominican food in New York City.

The mosaic Star of David at the front of this store hints that it's no ordinary Italian grocer.

Hidden inside one of the world's most well-visited zoos is a secret plaque promising eternal life.

Rare moles meet activism at this Oaxacan eatery.

Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.

A former connection to City Island, it has been abandoned since the 1930s.

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.

This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

The loneliest island in New York.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.