The most radioactive spot in New York City can also fix your muffler.

Guerilla gardeners reclaimed this abandoned railroad land literally putting down roots.

Snack on a partially gestated duck egg.

A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.

This Queens beer hall preserves a German culture and language that is all but lost.

One of the last taxidermists in New York City.

The oldest Dutch colonial stone house in New York City is a hidden gem on the border of Brooklyn and Queens.

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

The oldest living organism in New York City. Maybe.

This Orthodox Church's exterior is rather unorthodox.

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

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

Townhouse facade doubles as an RMS Titanic Memorial.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

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

Two New York rooftops are home to the largest rooftop soil farms in the world.

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

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

Offbeat arts organization that hosts exhibitions, events, and explorations.

The Vatican of the movie industry turned into an actual church.

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.

Piano-making empire filled with 200-year-old steam machines still churning out 1,000 instruments a year.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.