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

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.

Failed state-supported institution meant to rehabilitate students with intellectual disabilities.

Collect holy water from a Bronx grotto.

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

The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.

This lavish room at NYC's French Embassy is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.

Relics given to a Manhattan church to avoid seizure by the Italian government.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.

Unlock the secrets of the conjuring arts.

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

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

New York's oldest magic store.

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

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Arlington Cemetery exhibit dedicated to death and grieving.

Where America's first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

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World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.