The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.

A former connection to City Island, it has been abandoned since the 1930s.

This old estate is a remnant of when the Bronx was a popular summer destination for wealthy New Yorkers.

Legendary private island in the Bronx...devoid of rats.

The loneliest island in New York.

The oldest living organism in New York City. Maybe.

The oldest continuously operating farm in New York State.

The remains of a 19th century spring, and the site of an infamous unsolved murder.

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

Unlock the secrets of the conjuring arts.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars.

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

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

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

Visit the site of a subway powered by nothing more than air--and lots of it.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

This humble historic facade hides a history of boozing and the gentlemanly sport of rat-fighting.

Revolutionary War casualties fill the only 17th century structure remaining in Manhattan.

An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.

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

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

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.