Sunset Park's Guatemalan community knows to head to the back of this bodega for a taste of home.

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

Head past the aisles of tropical fruit and imported candy at this bodega to discover a hidden, weekends-only taco stand.

Snack on a partially gestated duck egg.

Rare moles meet activism at this Oaxacan eatery.

Deliciousness abounds at a Guatemalan restaurant masquerading as a pizzeria.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

Crammed into several rooms of a Staten Island home, this museum is a vodka-soaked paean to the pleasures of drinking.

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

This Manhattan museum houses one of the largest collections of Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain.

Despite not growing anywhere near New York City, bananas are ripened in a pressurized room in the Bronx using precise banana science.

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

New York City's only wildlife rehabilitation center treats more than 3,000 feathered and furry patients each year.

A hidey-hole sandwiched between cellphone, DVD, and jewelry stores features Tibetan delights.

This interactive gallery makes you feel like you've stepped into a fantasy world filled with whimsical monsters.

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

Some of the best Persian food in New York comes from the front window of an unassuming pizza shop.

Piano-making empire filled with 200-year-old steam machines still churning out 1,000 instruments a year.

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.

A staggering collection of photographs depicting medical, social, and historical change.