Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.

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.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

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

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.

The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.

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

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

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

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

The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.