Sip coffee and talk politics at this landmark cafe in Astoria's Little Egypt, a contender for the title of America's first hookah bar.

A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.

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

The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

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

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

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

Come for the sustainable organic chocolate, stay for the sustainable organic booze.

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

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

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

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

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

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.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

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

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.