While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

Despite not growing anywhere near New York City, bananas are ripened in a pressurized room in the Bronx using precise banana science.

The only surviving sidewalk clock in Brooklyn.

A prized globe signed by Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh sits in the Brooklyn office of the American Geographical Society.

New York City's only wildlife rehabilitation center treats more than 3,000 feathered and furry patients each year.

This 220-year-old house is a reminder of New York City's Dutch past.

An exhibition space dedicated to American outsider art created between the 18th and 21st centuries.

The Underground Railroad passed right through this historic Brooklyn Heights church.

Ever wanted the laymen's version of your credit card fine print?

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

Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.

Need to book a room at the Hotel Pennsylvania? Just dial up 6-5000.

This small New York museum celebrates the mountainous artwork of a Russian mystic.

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

A famous songsmith's custom piano, dubbed "High Society," is hidden just out of sight in one of New York's finest hotels.

Long-forgotten artifacts give incredible insight into New York's most glamorous hotel.

A hidden architectural treasure in New York's Brooklyn.

Haven for steampunks.

The best place in New York to pick up the controversial, notoriously foul-smelling Asian "king of fruits."

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.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.