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A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

Those belting out show tunes might not realize this piano bar marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.

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

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

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

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.