Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

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.

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

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

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

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

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

A tunnel once abandoned now thrives with graffiti art as an off-limits makeshift gallery.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

Become a prohibition rebel.

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.