Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

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

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

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

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

The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

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

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.