Underneath the bustling city streets, a hydroponic farm grows unique herbs in an urban oasis.

Harlem park dedicated to compulsive hoarders killed by their own junk.

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

Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.

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

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

Every animal in the torah taxidermied and crammed into a Brooklyn townhouse.

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.

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

This narrow shop in the East Village hosts a matchmaking service for the new millennium.

Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.

Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.

The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.

Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

Crammed into several rooms of a Staten Island home, this museum is a vodka-soaked paean to the pleasures of drinking.

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

This was one of the first (and last) university-built and operated nuclear reactors.

An extensive collection of fine art devoted to man's best friend.

In the back of a nondescript sports bar is a museum-worthy mural by legendary cartoonists.

Come for the waffles, stay for more waffles.

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

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