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

The Vatican of the movie industry turned into an actual church.

Offbeat arts organization that hosts exhibitions, events, and explorations.

The best B-movies filmed on a shoestring budget were born here.

One kilometer of thick brass rod laid out before your eyes.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.

Every animal in the torah taxidermied and crammed into a Brooklyn townhouse.

Long-forgotten artifacts give incredible insight into New York's most glamorous hotel.

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

Harlem park dedicated to compulsive hoarders killed by their own junk.

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

A hidden architectural treasure in New York's Brooklyn.

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

The best place in New York to pick up the controversial, notoriously foul-smelling Asian "king of fruits."

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

A working metal shop and venue for outrageous art and music shows in a former cannonball factory.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.

Discover the taste of mold.

The world's largest collection of materials relating to lesbian history is housed in a Brooklyn townhouse.

More than 300,000 historical artifacts from the famous music venue, from Duke Ellington's handwritten score to The Beatles' booking slip.

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.