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

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

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.

Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

A way to take your secrets to someone else's grave.

Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.

This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.

This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.

Deep under Manhattan is the largest construction project in city history. So far, the project has taken the lives of 23 workers, or "a man a mile."

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.