Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

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

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

Dine on old-school red sauce fare at a former mob hang out and film set for The Sopranos.

"Leave a He-Man, Take a Transformer" and share a story about your real-life superhero.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.

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

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.

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

Come for the waffles, stay for more waffles.

A young woman's senseless murder led to the controversial psychological theory of the "bystander effect."

A mysterious statue of a leather jacket-clad rebel leans coolly on an odd yellow clock.

This pole near the infield rail at Belmont Park marks the jaw-dropping margin of Secretariat’s 1973 Belmont Stakes victory.

The former home of the reclusive "Weird Wendels" who dominated New York real estate a century before Donald Trump.

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

A commemorative plaque hides a door that leads down to the New York Public Library's underground book bunker.

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