Whether you're up or down, the Elevator Museum is worth a stop.

Sip coffee and talk politics at this landmark cafe in Astoria's Little Egypt, a contender for the title of America's first hookah bar.

A retired subway car stands alone in a field in the middle of Queens.

This Queens hospital has stood abandoned for almost 20 years after its patients were secretly relocated in the dead of night.

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

A long abandoned hospital building on the outskirts of NYC.

This 19th-century clock has been restored to help withstand the harsh environment of its seaside home.

Out of a labyrinth of abandoned tunnels and stops, this Queens subway station is arguably the most mysterious—if it exists at all.

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

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

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

A collaborative art project that transformed a neighborhood in NYC's Queens.

A hidey-hole sandwiched between cellphone, DVD, and jewelry stores features Tibetan delights.

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

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

The collection is exhibited in a Staten Island building modeled on traditional Himalayan architecture.

Staten Island's original central park is the former home of the city water supply as well as thousands of immigrant graves.

Devotional offerings and pleas for intercession are left at this Depression-era shrine inside a nature preserve.

The pioneering photographer's prints are immortalized inside her childhood home.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

This small and serene place for quiet reflection on Staten Island was built in China based on the gardens of the Ming Dynasty.

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.