A huge resale shop for the cast-offs of the film & television industry.

Three-story slide through the New Museum.

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

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

Nine nice parcels of land along a flight path offer a quiet respite... until a plane soars overhead.

No monkeying around, this fountain was really named after the classic sci-fi film.

Here be dragons.

Amid the clacking of snooker balls, diners tuck into fiery Bhutanese fare.

For 20 years, local pumpkins have met their fate on the iron fence surrounding this Cobble Hill home.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

This recipe is set in stone.

HBO series' stage tucked away in a Greenpoint lot is the largest theatrical set of its kind in the United States.

Crammed into several rooms of a Staten Island home, this museum is a vodka-soaked paean to the pleasures of drinking.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

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

Collect holy water from a Bronx grotto.

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

A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

One Brooklyn man's collection of life-size fiberglass statues has taken over his entire yard.

This small and serene place for quiet reflection on Staten Island was built in China based on the gardens of the Ming Dynasty.

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.