The mummified relics of an American missionary.

Down a stairway in the East Village, you could once read a plaque describing an alternate history of a fictional version of Manhattan.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

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

The first "Hall of Fame" in America was designed by legendary Gilded Age architect Stanford White for what was then the NYU uptown campus.

Join in a Seance at the Swedenborgian Church.

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

This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.

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

Relics given to a Manhattan church to avoid seizure by the Italian government.

This collection of grinning ephemera has grown from basement to Brooklyn.

A good place to research the Freemasons, esoterica, occultism, and hermeticism.

Obscure and obsolete publications are given new life as works of art.

An experimental, community court opened in 2000 takes a new approach to youth offenders in south Brooklyn.

Steam out your ears for New Year's Eve.

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

A long abandoned hospital building on the outskirts of NYC.

Unlock the secrets of the conjuring arts.

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

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

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

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