A surprising museum of 20th-century technology.

A "Bugseum" dedicated to all things insect-related resides behind a pest control company.

An extraordinary collection of vampire-themed antiques lurks on the second floor of a store.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

This ominously named New Jersey street seems to be attracting over-the-top legends of its own making.

This massive boulder is either a unique rock formation created by glacial melt or a magic energy vortex.

The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.

The remains of a 19th century spring, and the site of an infamous unsolved murder.

Series of storm drains connected to a dark urban legend.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

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

After surviving abandonment, this powerful Latin American mural is alive again.

A temple belonging to the largest Buddhist order in South Korea nestled in the middle of New York City.

Before online banking and smartphone apps, there was "commuter banking" in the subway in Downtown Brooklyn.

Snack on a partially gestated duck egg.

These small stands sell Malian snacks to worshippers and passersby after Friday prayers in Harlem.

A strip of modern stores in historic buildings.

Hidden behind a gate in Greenwich Village is a little farmhouse that once served as the writing studio of a bestselling author.

A garment factory hides a small Dominican eatery in the hallway to its freight elevator.

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

A memorial to the first person killed by a motor vehicle in the Western Hemisphere.

Spiral-bound community recipes and antiquarian gems mingle at this small East Village shop.

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

The mosaic Star of David at the front of this store hints that it's no ordinary Italian grocer.