Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

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

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

A historic 1890s architectural masterpiece with an iconic clock tower that, once open to the public, now faces an uncertain future.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."

The "Seinfeld" diner.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

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

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.