An everyday Jackson Heights bodega conceals a Mexican seafood paradise.

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

This micro-industry of Latino cuisine along Red Hook's Ball Fields represents a victory in a food fight with the city.

Gang fights don't just happen on the streets, they happen under them too.

Head past the aisles of tropical fruit and imported candy at this bodega to discover a hidden, weekends-only taco stand.

These ornate manhole covers were used for a now-forgotten purpose.

This 19th century brick building in Brooklyn stands out like the anachronistic landmark that it is.

Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.

Where the four original members of the Ramones hung out and revolutionized punk rock.

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

Walking around West Harlem reveals a scavenger hunt of beautiful bird murals.

This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.

Every dish is blessed in this basement eatery beneath a Hare Krishna temple.

An 1883 schoolhouse now home to collective of artists.

A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

Con Edison’s exotic and heat-loving pests.

Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.

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

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

Risk arrest while partying to fund art.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

The world’s largest collection of Tiffany glass sits in a warehouse in Queens.

There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.