The loneliest island in New York.

Eclectic architecture in the woods of New York.

The most unloved grain elevator in Brooklyn was a “Magnificent Mistake.”

The oldest continuously operating farm in New York State.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

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

Offbeat arts organization that hosts exhibitions, events, and explorations.

A fictional town that was briefly brought to life before fading once again out of existence.

Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.

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

The Fox Sisters, America's leading mediums in the mid-19th century, possessed a table they claimed helped them "communicate" with the dead.

A hyper-luxurious, 12,000- square foot home might be buried beneath Queens, still waiting to protect you from nuclear missiles.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

This whimsically unique butterfly farm focuses solely on creating habitats for the gentle insects.

A strip of modern stores in historic buildings.

Once home to the country's most gargantuan ships, this graving dock now waits for people to buy furniture.

A good place to research the Freemasons, esoterica, occultism, and hermeticism.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

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