A collaborative art project that transformed a neighborhood in NYC's Queens.

The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

This neighborhood grocery houses a treasure trove of Eastern European delights.

This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

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

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

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

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

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

New York's oldest magic store.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.