A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

This sprawling taxidermy collection celebrates the art and history of sport hunting.

Monument to a forgotten NYC disaster that claimed the lives of 1,000.

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

The oldest living organism in New York City. Maybe.

One sculptor's lifelong war game is the largest and longest running miniature campaign in history.

Records of the dead describe the myriad odd ways people used to die.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.

This former crime corner has been turned into an eclectic community center.

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

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.

An 1883 schoolhouse now home to collective of artists.

A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.

A working metal shop and venue for outrageous art and music shows in a former cannonball factory.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

Secluded amid upstate New York’s Adirondack Mountains lies this subterranean emblem of a nation on the brink of nuclear war. And it's for sale.

Two community gardens under the elevated subway lines on a very busy commercial strip in Bushwick.

Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.